Written answers
Thursday, 10 July 2008
Department of Transport
Road Safety
4:00 pm
Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)
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Question 243: To ask the Minister for Transport if all breathalysers would have to be replaced or recalibrated if there was a change in the drink driving limit; the length of time this process would take; the estimated cost of this process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29030/08]
Noel Ahern (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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Lowering of the Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) levels for drivers requires the recalibration or replacement and subsequent recertification of the Evidential Breath Testing (EBT) machines in Garda stations and roadside breathalysers used by the Gardaí.
The Medical Bureau of Road Safety, who has responsibility for the approval, supply and testing of apparatus for indicating the presence and the concentration of alcohol in breath, has estimated that this process would take to the end of 2009/early 2010 to complete. The Bureau is in the process of estimating the exact costs involved.
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