No details on how breath-test data was inputted into the Pulse IT system

Gardaí say they cannot give details as to how breath test data was inputted into the Pulse IT system, with a legal firm also stating it is unknown what level of oversight was in place higher up the chain.

A representative of the high-profile law firm, who did not wish to be named, said its understanding is that individual gardaí were responsible for the inputting of data from the devices into Pulse, but that solicitors were not privy to what happened to the data afterwards.

Speaking yesterday on RTÉ’s Morning Ireland programme, Professor Denis Cusack, director of the Medical Bureau of Road Safety, said the breath testing devices were specific to stations and that there were 1,200 in operation across 108 stations.