Dáil Éireann debate -
Thursday, 15 Nov 2001

Vol. 544 No. 2

Written Answers. - Road Traffic Offences.

Thomas P. Broughan

Question:

131 Mr. Broughan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prosecutions for failure to observe the three tonne limit signs in Dublin south east constituency, and relevant Garda districts and in the Raheny and Coolock Garda districts during the years 1999, 2000 and 2001. [28398/01]

Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform (Mr. O'Donoghue)

I am informed by the Garda authorities that the number of prosecutions for failure to observe three tonne limit signs for the years in question are as set out in the following table.

Year	Raheny & CoolockDistrict	South East Constituency (DMR South & SouthCentral)
1999*	0	114
2000*	30	154
2001*	35	129

In addition, the DMR traffic division prosecuted the following number of cases of the same offence in the past two years. These cases would have been concentrated in the Dublin central area.

Year	Cases Prosecuted
2000*	59
2001*	94

(*January to October 2001 only)