Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 June 2014
559. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures she will take to strengthen the law to ensure that no person found guilty of a road traffic offence can avoid penalty points by paying a fine or contributing to a poor box. [25513/14]
View answerRoad traffic legislation which is the responsibility of my colleague the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, provides that if the fixed penalty notice is paid the driver is liable for the penalty points attaching to the offence. If the driver does not pay the fixed penalty notice and the case goes before the court, the number of penalty points is automatically doubled in the event of a conviction. There is no provision in the legislation to allow for a fine or payment to the poor box in lieu of penalty points on conviction.
