Pressure on gardaí over private firm contracts

An Garda Síochána is coming under pressure to publish full details of any contracts with private firms operating mobile speed detection cameras after it emerged that GoSafe, which operates 50 speed detection vehicles, was paid €1.2 million per month to carry out speed checks under the terms of a contract.

The figures, disclosed to RTÉ under Freedom of Information, shows details of the contract which ran for over six years until May 2017 when it was replaced by a new agreement.

GoSafe was paid a flat rate of almost €45,000 per month, in addition to a rate of €151.79 paid per hour of speed monitoring, and €144.40 for each surveying hour. There were also other costs, including covering staff who had to attend court cases.