Penalty Points System

Tuesday, 10 December 2013

Questions (571)

Peadar Tóibín

Question:

571. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of penalty points issued for each month since January 2011; and separately to detail their issue by county. [52875/13]

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Written answers

Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (Deputy Leo Varadkar)

The following tabular statements provide details of the number of Penalty Points Issued by Month and Licensing Authority in the period January 2011 - November 2013. "No Driver Number" on the statements represent drivers whose recorded details did not match a driving licence number on the National Vehicle and Driver File database e.g. Northern Irish or overseas licences. This particular problem is being addressed in the Road Traffic (No.2) Bill 2013, which is currently at Committee Stage in the Dáil, which, if enacted, will allow for penalty points to be applied against Northern Irish or overseas licences.

2011

Licensing Authority	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Total
Carlow	131	249	393	246	361	300	234	375	237	250	296	330	3,402
Cavan	94	169	315	226	511	458	338	353	221	256	325	265	3,531
Clare	477	639	912	705	1,050	720	688	725	458	481	551	657	8,063
Cork	797	1,375	2,366	1,914	2,512	1,648	1,516	2,021	1,735	1,843	1,977	1,660	21,364
Donegal	289	270	417	526	771	331	310	1,013	548	371	344	596	5,786
Galway	403	624	1,289	1,028	1,293	805	892	831	641	594	848	932	10,180
Kerry	534	488	473	422	687	445	510	564	422	463	580	486	6,074
Kildare	754	1,003	1,387	816	1,037	905	1,230	1,454	1,118	1,090	1,084	1,123	13,001
Kilkenny	294	428	604	478	527	343	427	502	315	317	418	320	4,973
Laois	299	198	261	164	249	206	277	361	255	212	271	186	2,939
Leitrim	36	34	98	94	188	125	87	173	136	95	113	111	1,290
Limerick	619	627	708	641	914	671	549	1,171	728	663	653	564	8,508
Longford	99	182	198	100	204	192	169	223	168	180	241	222	2,178
Louth	357	458	651	351	361	210	384	568	472	497	542	409	5,260
Mayo	194	347	444	370	598	420	337	382	273	252	439	443	4,499
Meath	396	668	1,167	814	958	693	839	1,078	801	801	962	968	10,145
Monaghan	105	191	193	133	230	174	151	201	145	209	204	126	2,062
North Tipperary	156	235	364	246	319	216	253	305	369	203	288	207	3,161
Offaly	183	197	367	219	326	244	251	349	243	262	345	283	3,269
Roscommon	103	141	240	255	359	384	239	294	193	238	600	393	3,439
Sligo	94	85	115	125	428	268	221	378	331	281	264	224	2,814
South Tipperary	204	265	447	331	388	276	267	476	319	255	321	281	3,830
Waterford	170	270	387	269	399	391	353	302	191	231	278	170	3,411
Westmeath	214	302	458	292	409	280	328	415	333	334	395	342	4,102
Wexford	389	375	635	621	849	654	565	715	490	719	675	673	7,360
Wicklow	459	586	684	575	866	649	708	1,037	553	598	874	782	8,371
Dublin City Council	2,679	3,532	5,270	3,934	6,153	4,321	4,517	5,195	3,473	4,617	6,384	6,534	56,609
Limerick City Council	150	260	294	265	387	242	247	331	199	178	184	202	2,939
Waterford City Council	192	212	269	205	274	225	234	248	115	181	220	210	2,585
No Driver Number	2,358	3,300	4,511	3,490	4,532	3,334	3,310	4,096	2,516	3,519	3,821	3,632	42,419
Month Total	13,229	17,710	25,917	19,855	28,140	20,130	20,431	26,136	17,998	20,190	24,497	23,331	257,564

2012

Licensing Authority	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Total
Carlow	156	150	170	191	167	171	260	187	169	304	193	312	2,430
Cavan	251	201	238	266	194	170	272	186	161	248	171	185	2,543
Clare	629	650	503	669	672	538	897	529	368	576	429	682	7,142
Cork	1,457	1,755	2,020	1,941	1,800	1,620	1,877	1,572	1,907	3,367	2,150	2,424	23,890
Donegal	468	366	332	350	466	381	591	287	413	455	227	206	4,542
Galway	846	966	945	879	860	983	1,050	663	736	1,220	754	704	10,606
Kerry	489	506	419	598	410	501	482	378	325	522	317	553	5,500
Kildare	813	852	798	1,059	997	992	1,106	764	785	1,055	858	927	11,006
Kilkenny	199	248	287	356	310	289	330	230	257	449	451	785	4,191
Laois	166	165	180	212	261	340	317	164	175	281	180	294	2,735
Leitrim	109	153	242	197	128	100	268	161	160	263	116	89	1,986
Limerick	518	618	399	444	396	473	654	700	522	679	489	827	6,719
Longford	145	172	168	187	193	168	252	163	122	258	216	141	2,185
Louth	289	398	386	281	308	275	562	376	351	848	551	420	5,045
Mayo	313	404	433	390	315	331	413	245	264	543	313	308	4,272
Meath	634	630	815	774	702	625	890	586	591	1,043	817	817	8,924
Monaghan	93	120	207	161	104	107	148	94	103	165	239	155	1,696
North Tipperary	113	151	156	177	152	183	192	144	208	520	237	268	2,501
Offaly	226	256	267	279	258	260	318	187	225	325	204	223	3,028
Roscommon	305	360	430	355	210	225	368	232	215	481	355	205	3,741
Sligo	314	328	494	401	184	170	290	342	272	397	208	139	3,539
South Tipperary	258	228	210	204	220	206	291	238	208	471	334	444	3,312
Waterford	139	149	154	216	160	182	198	156	155	289	230	227	2,255
Westmeath	313	362	396	411	365	401	488	283	268	433	290	256	4,266
Wexford	531	432	425	621	465	419	455	312	330	587	431	513	5,521
Wicklow	742	689	696	513	615	689	812	518	717	856	439	521	7,807
Dublin City Council	4,185	3,910	4,127	4,867	4,616	4,462	5,625	4,221	3,877	6,163	4,393	4,663	55,109
Limerick City Council	167	174	117	143	142	135	215	177	133	216	149	197	1,965
Waterford City Council	125	107	133	213	167	130	181	77	144	237	175	118	1,807
No Driver Number	2,809	3,146	3,238	3,259	3,249	3,207	3,683	3,094	2,046	4,478	3,188	3,411	38,808
Month Total	17,802	18,646	19,385	20,614	19,086	18,733	23,485	17,266	16,207	27,729	19,104	21,014	239,071

2013

Licensing Authority	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Total
Carlow	151	158	195	178	216	161	222	241	284	252	226	2,284
Cavan	108	128	159	248	260	194	294	288	289	176	240	2,384
Clare	349	366	365	398	401	501	641	644	654	463	825	5,607
Cork	1,146	1,158	1,262	1,341	1,322	1,262	2,000	1,785	2,663	2,151	2,016	18,106
Donegal	359	307	170	179	205	221	258	159	455	637	402	3,352
Galway	453	643	669	672	672	1,026	1,079	648	844	827	711	8,244
Kerry	319	319	337	373	295	282	471	376	476	402	541	4,191
Kildare	528	646	665	927	858	622	979	783	960	695	682	8,345
Kilkenny	227	373	237	309	348	279	385	328	401	418	390	3,695
Laois	152	156	132	208	210	161	483	465	315	217	238	2,737
Leitrim	125	95	70	170	152	89	86	216	149	78	68	1,298
Limerick	323	474	497	408	329	387	922	816	771	609	666	6,202
Longford	93	115	143	149	149	175	188	223	283	152	124	1,794
Louth	188	190	187	251	280	216	575	291	240	619	385	3,422
Mayo	227	259	197	273	315	351	468	364	511	615	558	4,138
Meath	459	624	572	675	867	737	994	815	772	638	553	7,706
Monaghan	74	115	136	128	148	111	265	173	167	149	359	1,825
North Tipperary	115	129	134	177	129	150	373	323	313	236	302	2,381
Offaly	129	128	139	187	208	219	380	323	330	250	251	2,544
Roscommon	133	247	185	223	212	283	360	322	313	262	177	2,717
Sligo	170	141	91	360	318	162	182	256	326	125	122	2,253
South Tipperary	156	242	335	413	198	158	334	311	594	486	385	3,612
Waterford	145	144	168	211	141	182	321	206	397	272	397	2,584
Westmeath	169	229	191	238	249	262	362	390	770	508	359	3,727
Wexford	375	355	428	427	412	385	563	486	725	550	532	5,238
Wicklow	371	523	431	371	512	525	675	540	687	506	541	5,682
Dublin City Council	2,618	2,964	2,834	3,466	4,243	4,137	5,240	3,641	3,858	2,790	3,088	38,879
Limerick City Council	95	148	121	136	101	124	219	195	182	132	131	1,584
Waterford City Council	90	96	125	128	96	141	205	144	215	143	266	1,649
No Driver Number	2,022	2,468	2,240	2,480	2,817	2,819	3,781	2,852	2,487	3,153	2,860	29,979
Month Total	11,869	13,940	13,415	15,704	16,663	16,322	23,305	18,604	21,431	18,511	18,395	188,159