Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 1 March 2012
173 Deputy Seán Kenny asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of income received from road traffic offences for the years 2009 to 2011, inclusive and to date in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11935/12]
View answerThe collection of payments under the Fixed Charge Processing System was outsourced to An Post in January 2006. I am informed by the Garda authorities that information provided by An Post details the amount collected in respect of all fixed charge offence notices (road traffic, public order etc.) that attract penalty points and those that do not. These are referred to as Declaration Notices and Non-Declaration Notices respectively. The amounts collected in respect of Declaration Notices and Non-Declaration Notices for each of the years from 2009 up to 24 February 2012 are shown in the following table:
|
Gross Amount Collected |
An Post Charges |
Total Amount Collected for all Notices |
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|
Year |
Declaration |
Non-Declaration |
All Notices |
|
|
2012 (to 24/02/2012) |
€2,612,330 |
€704,020 |
€75,358 |
€3,240,992 |
|
2011 |
€19,796,090 |
€4,682,380 |
€1,192,849 |
€23,285,621 |
|
2010 |
€14,456,460 |
€5,428,710 |
€814,105 |
€19,071,065 |
|
2009 |
€16,041,980 |
€5,921,230 |
€1,175,410 |
€20,787,800 |
The amounts received in respect of Road Traffic Fines imposed by the Courts from 2009 to January 2012 are as follows:
|
Year |
€m |
|
2012 (January) |
€0.881m |
|
2011 |
€9.488m |
|
2010 |
€11.372m |
|
2009 |
€15.665m |
