Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)
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Question 72: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review the imposition of fees charged to families bereaved through road collisions for copies of Garda sketch maps and photcopies of witness statements relating to the collision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10149/11]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I am advised by the Garda authorities that it is the policy of An Garda Síochána to appoint a Family Liaison Officer to liaise with the family of victims of fatal road traffic accidents and provide timely and accurate information relating to the progress of the Garda investigation of the accident and any prosecutions arising therefrom.

I am also advised by the Garda authorities that persons involved in road collisions, their legal advisers or insurers or other interested parties, may on written request, and on payment of a fee, be supplied with an abstract report, copies of statements of witnesses, sketches and maps of the scene. Where criminal proceeding are being considered, abstracts are not supplied until the criminal proceedings are concluded and in the case of fatal traffic collisions until the inquest concerning the death has been completed by the Coroner.