Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)
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Question 73: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will consider the introduction of a stolen vehicle register which would enhance national road safety and combat the presence of illegal or potentially defective vehicles on roads here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26843/10]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I am informed by the Garda authorities that all vehicles reported stolen to An Garda Síochána are recorded on the Garda Síochána PULSE system, which is available to all members of An Garda Síochána on a 24 hour basis. An Garda Síochána also has access to the National Vehicle File, which provides vehicle registration information.

Since 2008 An Garda Síochána has had the ability, through an automated number plate recognition (ANPR) system, to check vehicles recorded on the Garda PULSE system and identify vehicles as having been stolen, in addition to vehicles which are suspect, connected with persistent offending, untaxed and uninsured. This information alerts the Gardaí using the system and enables an interception to be made.

As part of its traffic law enforcement, An Garda Síochána pursues the drivers of dangerously defective vehicles.