Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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Question 303: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will respond to correspondences from a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7634/10]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The Road Traffic Acts provide that speed detection equipment may be used for the establishment of prima facie proof of the constituent of an offence, including the speed at which a person was driving. The issuing of fixed charge notices and the initiation of court proceedings follow the establishment of such proof of speeding. The use of such equipment by An Garda Síochána, as proposed in the correspondence referred to by the Deputy, would require amendment of road traffic legislation, which is the responsibility of my colleague the Minister for Transport.