Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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395. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the automated number plate recognition system has been removed entirely; her plans to restore it; if it is in use by any Garda Síochána vehicles; the number of same; her plans to increase the number of Garda Síochána vehicles using the system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6214/16]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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I am advised by the Garda authorities that Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) was introduced into An Garda Síochána in 2008. As of 1 April 2016, there were 100 Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) units fitted in official Garda vehicles, which are allocated around the country and used on a daily basis to assist An Garda Síochána with a wide range of enforcement functions. I am further advised that the capabilities and the expansion of ANPR are regularly reviewed by An Garda Síochána.