Joe McHugh (Donegal North East, Fine Gael)
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Question 22: To ask the Minister for Finance the numbers and frequencies of road checks by Customs and Revenue since January 2010 on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39480/10]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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I am informed by the Revenue Commissioners that the approximate number of road checkpoints carried out by Revenue Enforcement Officers during the period January to September 2010, some of which are estimated, is set out in the table below.

Revenue Enforcement Officers carry out road checkpoints both on a routine and a targeted basis, focusing primarily on mineral oil and Vehicle Registration Tax compliance. Revenue also participates in multi-agency checkpoints together with An Garda Siochána, Department of Social Protection, the Road Safety Authority and local authorities. The frequency, scale and duration of the checkpoints varies according to the risk and the nature of the operations, and increases significantly during the course of intensive regional and national blitz type operations.