Clare Daly (Dublin North, Socialist Party)
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183. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the contact he has had with the Gardaí or other State bodies in relation to the GoSafe operation and whether he is satisfied with its role in relation to road safety. [22665/13]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I am advised by the Garda authorities that An Garda Síochána is satisfied with the service provided by Go Safe in the provision of an outsourced safety camera network. Go Safe is contracted to provide the service to the Garda authorities for five years (from November 2010) with an option to extend provision of the service for one further year and provides 6,000 speed monitoring hours and 1,475 traffic survey hours per month across the country. I am advised by the Garda authorities that, in accordance with the contract, the surveying hours may be exchanged for speed monitoring at the discretion of An Garda Síochána.

I am also advised that the results of speed surveys carried out in the two years from January 2011 to January, 2013 show there has been a sustained improvement in driver behaviour and increased compliance with the limits in most speed enforcement zones, which is very welcome. I am, of course, determined that the resources of An Garda Síochána are used in the most efficient and effective way possible. In that regard, the outsourced safety camera network represents a considerable increase in capacity in terms of road safety enforcement while using Garda resources to the best possible effect and is playing an important part in the overall Road Safety Strategy.