Dáil Éireann Debate, Friday - 16 September 2016
113. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of arrests made by An Garda Síochána for each of the past two years for driving without insurance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25133/16]
View answerI have requested a report from the Garda authorities in relation to the matter referred to by the Deputy and I will forward this report to the Deputy as soon as the information is to hand.
The Deputy may be interested to note that the Central Statistics Office (CSO) published statistics relating to the number of persons convicted following failure to have, produce, display, etc. insurance in the most recent Garda Recorded Crime Statistics for the period 2009-2013, which was published on 27 November 2015. The total number of convictions for failure to have, produce, display, etc. insurance in 2013 (the most recent statistics available) was 2,652. The CSO is currently compiling Garda Recorded Crime Statistics for the period 2010-2014. I have requested the CSO to forward 2014 conviction statistics in respect of this offence to the Deputy directly as soon as these become available.
