Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)
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To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm that the medical bureau road safety have been allocated €300,000 to purchase 25 station based breath testing machines, Evidenzer IRL machines, for 22 Garda stations and three spare machines; when these machines will be installed; the stations in which they are being installed; if he has been informed by the Department for Justice and Equality that the Garda Commissioner has named the Gardaí going forward for training in MBRS; the total number of Gardaí who will be trained in this function; if he will indicate the number of these that will be taking the two day training course in MBRS in October 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42434/12]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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As part of my Department's 2012 Estimates, the Medical Bureau of Road Safety (MBRS) was allocated €300,000 to purchase EvidenzerIRL instruments. The Bureau is now ready to proceed with the purchase of 22 instruments for installation in Garda Stations and an additional 3 instruments are also being purchased to ensure sufficient spares are available.  The instruments will be installed in 22 designated Garda stations following delivery from the manufacturers, their customised production for this jurisdiction and then subsequent testing by the MBRS prior to being commissioned into use.  This installation, testing and commissioning will occur on a rolling basis throughout the country in the first quarter of 2013.  The identification of the 22 Garda stations where the instruments will be installed is currently being finalised by the Gardaí and the MBRS, subject to criteria laid down by the MBRS. Once finalised, the list of selected locations will be available from the Garda Síochána. The details of the Gardaí members to be trained as instrument operators and supervisors at the MBRS commencing in October 2012, and continuing into 2013 are not yet known.  Those details are Garda operational matters and the Office of the Assistant Garda Commissioner for Traffic is co-ordinating the matter.