Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 220: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will indicate, on a county basis, the number of accident blackspots at which five or more fatalities have occurred in the past 20 years. [42986/10]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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Under the Road Safety Authority Act 2006 (Conferral of Functions) Order 2006 (S.I. No. 477 of 2006) responsibility for the collection of structured information on road collisions lies with the Road Safety Authority. Road fatalities and road collision statistics are available on the Road Safety Authority's website www.RSA.ie.

Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Independent)
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Question 221: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 50 of 28 October 2010, where the extra 22 intoxilysers will be placed on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42562/10]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I am informed by the Garda authorities that an additional 22 intoxilyser devices have been requested from the Medical Bureau of Road Safety for installation in the following Garda Divisions:

Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Independent)
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Question 222: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 50 of 28 October 2010, the length of the detailed training programme for the Garda Síochána in the use of the instruments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42926/10]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I am informed by the Garda authorities that training is provided on an ongoing basis by the Director of Training through the continuous professional developments schools in every Garda Division. This includes training for members of An Garda Síochána as operators of the equipment used for evidential breath testing. The length of this training is kept under review and is currently of half a day's duration.