Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 12 May 2004
178 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of penalty points notices issued at each of the 43 locations around the country listed by him in correspondence to local authority managers as part of a review of speed limits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13778/04]
View answerThe review of speed limits is being undertaken by my colleague, the Minister for Transport, Deputy Brennan, and the correspondence to which the Deputy refers came from him. As the Deputy is aware, neither the Garda Síochána nor my Department has any role in the issuing of penalty point notifications. I, therefore, assume he is referring to the fixed charge notices issued by the Garda Síochána. I have been informed by the Garda authorities that it is not possible to quantify the number of fixed charge notices issued by such specific locations and that compiling such data would require a disproportionate amount of Garda time and resources which would not be justified in the circumstances.
