Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, Socialist Party)
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567. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on the deployment of Military Police in the monitoring of traffic speed limits; if Military Police were used in the detection of speeding for civilian vehicles; his views on the matter of Military Police supporting An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31186/15]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The Military Police are responsible for ensuring good order and discipline within the Defence Forces and this role includes monitoring the speed of military service vehicles and the speed of all traffic within military installations. Speed checks are conducted outside of military installations on a regular basis by the Military Police but this is to detect the speed of military service vehicles only. Typically such speed checks occur on the main supply routes between military installations. The Military Police do not have any role in monitoring the speed of civilian vehicles but, through local liaison, An Garda Síochána are informed if Military Police are planning to conduct speed checks in the Gardaí’s area of responsibility.