Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 201: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of money paid to a company (detail supplied) since the beginning of its contract with his Department. [40140/11]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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In November, 2009 a contract was concluded for the provision of an outsourced safety camera network to An Garda Síochána, as excessive or inappropriate speeding is a major factor in road traffic collisions and fatalities. The objective of the safety camera network is to reduce the number of speed related collisions and so save lives and prevent serious injury, not to generate revenue.

I am informed by the Garda authorities that €13.3 million has been paid to the service provider to date. Fixed charges paid by speeding drivers as a result of detections by the cameras contribute to offsetting the operating costs.