Written answers

Thursday, 28 October 2010

6:00 am

Photo of Tommy BroughanTommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Independent)
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Question 50: To ask the Minister for Transport if the tender contract for the new intoxilyser machines to implement mandatory testing at the scene of a serious collision has been awarded; the cost and terms of the intoxilyser contract and the number of new machines included in the contract; when the new programme of intoxilyser machines will be fully operational; the number of intoxilyser machines currently in use by An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39484/10]

Photo of Noel DempseyNoel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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The Medical Bureau for Road Safety (MBRS) is well advanced in procuring the new Evidential Breath Testing (EBT) equipment for detecting and measuring the levels of blood alcohol concentration (BAC). The new instruments will be necessary to measure the lower BAC levels provided for in the Road Traffic Act 2010. Once the preferred equipment has been selected, a significant amount of testing will be required by the MBRS before the instruments can be put to use. A detailed training programme for An Garda Síochána in the use of the instruments will also be undertaken. It is estimated that the testing and training programme will be complete and instruments distributed to Garda Stations by September 2011.

It is intended to increase the number of EBT instruments from the current 64 to 86 instruments to meet the enforcement requirements of An Garda Síochána.

The capital costs of the instruments will be finalised when the supplier of the instruments has been awarded the contract.

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