Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 19 February 2004
191 Mr. Carey asked the Minister for Transport if, in view of the medical circumstances of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9, the penalty points assigned to them can be deleted, particularly in view of the fact that this was done on two previous occasions prior to the introduction of penalty points; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5440/04]
View answerThe endorsement of penalty points results as a direct consequence of a person being convicted of the commission of an offence that attracts penalty points or where a person decides to pay a fixed charge in respect of such offence.
The penalty points system has been designed and structured to ensure that any person who is accused of the commission of a penalty point offence is afforded a significant time period to choose whether or not to allow the matter to proceed to court. The option of the payment of a fixed charge is afforded to the accused person in respect of 61 of the 69 penalty point offences identified in the Road Traffic Act 2002.
I understand from the correspondence presented in association with the question that the person, to whom the Deputy refers, has on this occasion paid the fixed charge, the consequence of which is the resultant endorsement of an appropriate number of points on his licence record. In the circumstances, and as the endorsement of the penalty points was consequential to the making of that payment, there can be no question of the points being deleted from the entry for that person in the licence record.
