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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 5 November 2013

Tuesday, 5 November 2013

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Thomas P. Broughan

Question:

803. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the rate of enforcement of the speed limit on roads here by An Garda Síochána in the years 2012 and to date in 2013; and if he will provide a breakdown of the number of motorists detected having exceeded the speed limit in each of the Garda districts. [46592/13]

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I can assure the Deputy that An Garda Síochána is committed to working closely with all road safety agencies to focus on high risk behaviour, including speeding, with the key objective of reducing the number of serious injury collisions and fatalities on our roads. Levels of enforcement are high and involve targeted policing and awareness raising measures, including the deployment of safety cameras throughout the country.

In so far as detections are concerned, I am informed by the Garda authorities that fixed charge notices are issued for relevant speeding offences. Such notices are classified into 'intercept' and 'non-intercept' detections. 'Non-intercept' offences are recorded by fixed and mobile speed cameras, which include speed cameras operated by Go Safe as well as Garda mobile speed detection 'Robot' vehicles. These are distinct from 'intercept' speeding offences which are detected by members of An Garda Síochána in person.

I am advised that the following tables set out the number of intercept and non-intercept incidents of speeding recorded in each of the Garda Divisions in 2012 and to end of August, 2013. It should be noted that the figures are provisional, operational and liable to change.

Table 1: The number of speeding incidents recorded by Garda Division to 31 August, 2013

Garda Division

Intercept

Non-intercept

Total

Cavan/Monaghan

642

2398

3040

Clare

1255

2950

4205

Cork City

1071

1776

2847

Cork North

1096

8947

10043

Cork West

679

2075

2754

D.M.R. Eastern

2373

564

2937

D.M.R. North Central

818

1681

2499

D.M.R. Northern

1850

6774

8624

D.M.R. South Central

1120

4649

5769

D.M.R. Southern

936

2176

3112

D.M.R. Western

3533

12031

15564

Donegal

225

1617

1842

Galway Div

1289

4492

5781

Kerry

135

2402

2537

Kildare Div

1203

6126

7329

Kilkenny/Carlow

1000

3911

4911

Laois/Offaly

1067

3271

4338

Limerick

1536

8883

10419

Louth Div

334

1962

2296

Mayo

329

1717

2046

Meath Div

1120

2409

3529

Roscommon/Longford Div

642

3456

4098

Sligo/Leitrim

400

4692

5092

Tipperary

944

3121

4065

Waterford Div

960

2744

3704

Westmeath Div

980

2246

3226

Wexford Div

697

2663

3360

Wicklow Div

738

4250

4988

Total

28,972

105,983

134,955

Table 2: The number of speeding incidents recorded by Garda Division in 2012

Garda Division

Intercept

Non-intercept

Total

Cavan/Monaghan

400

4167

4567

Clare

1738

5750

7488

Cork City

2704

6224

8928

Cork North

2291

11905

14196

Cork West

1442

2738

4180

D.M.R. Eastern

4014

931

4945

D.M.R. North Central

1170

6559

7729

D.M.R. Northern

2862

14902

17764

D.M.R. South Central

1484

7266

8750

D.M.R. Southern

1546

4506

6052

D.M.R. Western

5343

15600

20943

Donegal

332

5249

5581

Galway Div

2414

7275

9689

Kerry

474

4784

5258

Kildare Div

1721

10518

12239

Kilkenny/Carlow

1582

6586

8168

Laois/Offaly

1570

3590

5160

Limerick

2319

10330

12649

Louth Div

792

4790

5582

Mayo

629

1751

2380

Meath Div

422

6623

7045

Roscommon/Longford Div

1235

7809

9044

Sligo/Leitrim

773

8674

9447

Tipperary

1512

3146

4658

Waterford Div

1771

2994

4765

Westmeath Div

1430

2225

3655

Wexford Div

978

2347

3325

Wicklow Div

690

10164

10854

Total

45,638

179,403

225,041

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