Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)
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Question 58: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has raised any concerns with the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform and the Department of Finance regarding the impact of reduced Garda budgets on the monitoring and invigilation of road safety measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26846/10]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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Exchequer funding of the Garda Síochána is a matter for my colleague the Minister for Justice and Law Reform and the allocation of such funding a matter for the Garda Commissioner. I am aware from the statistics available that the Gardaí continue to carry out a high level of enforcement of road traffic legislation. In 2009 a total of 419,872 fixed charge notices were issued, the bulk of which were for speeding and mobile phone offences and over 529,000 preliminary breath were carried out at mandatory alcohol checkpoints.