Jim O'Keeffe (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 71: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the delay in the roll out of the privatised speed camera network on roads here; and the timeframe for the introduction of same. [28135/10]

Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)
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Question 75: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will confirm the announcement by a Garda superintendent (details supplied) that the rollout of the national safety camera programme will begin in October 2010 and should be at full capacity by January 2011; if he will report on the arrangements in place with the private operator, in particular; if the terms of the payment to the operator will be on the basis of monitoring or surveying hours and not on the number of detections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26839/10]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The Garda Commissioner and I signed the contract for an outsourced safety camera network with the preferred service provider in November, 2009 following a tender and evaluation process.

In accordance with the provisions of the contract, rollout of the national safety camera network is scheduled to commence in October, 2010 and will increase to full capacity by the end of January 2011.

An Garda Síochána will have responsibility for the scheduling of speed monitoring and survey sessions, with a Garda Superintendent overseeing the day-to-day running of the project. The selected supplier has responsibility for ensuring monitoring and survey sessions are conducted in accordance with the schedules and procedures drawn up by An Garda Síochána and the provision of the resulting survey and monitoring data to An Garda Síochána. The selected supplier will provide the necessary vehicles, monitoring and survey equipment and operators.

The service provider will be paid according to the level of service contracted for. The number of speeding drivers detected will have no effect on the level of payments to the service provider. The purpose of the contract is to reduce speed, and so increase road safety, and not to generate revenue either for the State or the service provider.