Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 16 January 2013
793. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide figures for 2010, 2011 and 2012 regarding the total amounts raised through the issuance of fixed penalty fines for traffic offences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1408/13]
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 that attract penalty points, as well as those that do not. These are referred to as Declaration Notices and Non-Declaration Notices respectively. Declaration Notices refer to relevant road traffic offences. Non-Declaration Notices include relevant traffic and public order offences.
The amounts collected in respect of Declaration Notices and Non-Declaration Notices for each of the years from 2010 to 2012 are illustrated in the table.
Amounts collected in respect of Fixed Charge Offence Notices in each of the years from 2010 to 2012.
|
Year |
Number of Declaration Notices* |
Number of Non- Declaration Notices |
Gross amount collected Declaration Notices* |
Gross amount collected Non- Declaration Notices |
An Post Charges All Notices |
Net Amount Collected All Notices |
|
2010 |
180,372 |
93,026 |
€14,456,460 |
€5,428,710 |
€814,105 |
€19,071,065 |
|
2011 |
243,705 |
78,478 |
€19,796,090 |
€4,682,380 |
€1,192,849 |
€23,285,621 |
|
2012 |
216,265 |
71,972 |
€17,611,570 |
€4,565,720 |
€948,515 |
€21,228,775 |
* Notices which attract penalty points
