Road Traffic Offences Data

Tuesday, 16 May 2017

Questions (118)

Peadar Tóibín

Question:

118. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons convicted and arrested for drink driving by age, gender, county and Garda district for each year from 2007. [23075/17]

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Written answers

Minister for Justice and Equality (Deputy Frances Fitzgerald)

I have requested reports from An Garda Síochána and the Courts Service in relation to the matter referred to in the Deputy's question and will contact the Deputy directly on receipt of these reports.

The following deferred reply was received under Standing Order 42A.

I refer to Parliamentary Question No. 118 of 16 May 2017, in which you asked 'the number of persons convicted and arrested for drink driving by age, gender, county and Garda district for each year from 2007. As you will recall, the information you requested could not be obtained in the time available, and I undertook to contact you directly on receipt of a report from both the Courts Service and An Garda Síochána.

I am informed by the Courts Service that it is not a position to provide a breakdown by age, by gender, by county or by Garda District, however they have provided the number of persons convicted for drink driving by District Court area. I am further informed that in respect of some District Court areas included in the table (e.g. Adare, Ballinrobe, Ballyconnell, Swanlinbar) there are no entries for some years, which, in most instances, reflects the fact that the District Court no longer sits at such venues. I am still awaiting the information you have requested on the number of persons arrested for drink driving from An Garda Síochána and my Department has been in contact with Garda authorities on a number of occasions regarding this matter. I will forward on this information once it is to hand.

To assist you further, I would also direct your attention to the Central Statistics Office (CSO) website (www.cso.ie). Please see the StatBank on the Database page, which is the CSO's main data dissemination service. Under 'People and Society' you will find 'Crime and Justice', which holds the recorded crime statistics and the recorded incidents of driving/in charge of a vehicle while over legal alcohol limit by Garda Division for each quarter from Quarter 1 of 2003 to Quarter 4 of 2016.Table: No of Persons convicted for speeding per court area between 1st January 2007 to 30th April 2017.

Note: Court Service is unable to provide figures for speeding by age, gender, county and Garda District.

Court Area	JAN - DEC 2007	JAN - DEC 2008	JAN - DEC 2009	JAN - DEC 2010	JAN - DEC 2011	JAN - DEC 2012	JAN - DEC 2013	JAN - DEC 2014	JAN - DEC 2015	JAN - DEC 2016	JAN - APR 2017
ABBEYFEALE	16	3	2	7	22	30	11	16
ADARE	1
AN CLOCHAN LIATH	4	1			2	6		4	4	6	1
AN DAINGEAN				1		3		2	1
AN FAL CARRACH	2					1		6	6
AN SPIDEAL	2	1	2	1	1	11	10
ARDEE	17	23	40	21	27	29	27	67	37	77	22
ARKLOW	47	58	40	27	34	98	143	145	64	11	3
ARVA		1
ATHENRY	7	4	4	11	14
ATHLONE	23	6	10	19	22	13	33	99	238	91	13
ATHY	84	106	28	21	12	10	15	44	85	25	20
BAILIEBOROUGH	10	8	3	2
BALLAGHADERREEN	7	5	2	8	9	5	6	3	3	2	2
BALLINA	3	4		1		1	1	10	4	12	4
BALLINAMORE	1		1
BALLINASLOE	68	61	38	53	23	72	70	56	57	37	20
BALLYBAY	4
BALLINROBE			19	12
BALLYCONNELL & SWANLINBAR	4	3	4		1	2	1
BALLYHAUNIS	22	42	13	7	2		1
BALLYMOTE	20	33	49	72	39	1
BALLYSHANNON	15	27	26	34	28	56	28	19	32	19	14
BALTINGLASS	10	16	24	6	2	12	15
BANAGHER	1
BANDON	3	22	23	7	10	21	13	63	40	31	11
BANTRY		7	5	4	8	11	1	8	14	3	5
BEAL AN MHUIRTHEAD	1	2	3	1	4	4	1	2	2
BIRR	7	5	42	13	22	9	6

Court Area	JAN-DEC 2007	JAN - DEC 2008	JAN - DEC 2009	JAN - DEC 2010	JAN - DEC 2011	JAN - DEC 2012	JAN - DEC 2013	JAN - DEC 2014	JAN - DEC 2015	JAN - DEC 2016	JAN - APR 2017
BORRISOKANE	2	1		2	2
BOYLE	23	34	10	6	3
BRAY	76	74	61	62	113	166	126	61	162	117	27
BRUFF	3	4	2
BUNCRANA	13	5	6	4	12	16	17	13	37	3	3
CAHIR	20	17
CAHIRCIVEEN	2	6	1
CAPPOQUIN	1	1
CARLINGFORD	1
CARLOW	43	131	47	29	34	56	41	81	215	41	23
CARNDONAGH	3	4		3	14	8	16	18	15	17	5
CARRICK ON SHANNON	15	16	38	96	6	14	75	38	71	26	5
CARRICK ON SUIR	7	16	16	5	5	2	21	3	5	7	12
CASHEL	52	65	69	50	42	32	10	110	102	41	21
CASTLEBAR	1	6	26	27	29	20	32	78	33	29	18
CASTLEBLANEY	23	3		5
CASTLECOMER	14	14	14	6	4
CASTLEISLAND	37	39	35	17	4
CASTLEPOLLARD	2	4
CASTLEREA	15	21	9	5	3	30		25	19	3
CASTLETOWN BERE	3	1
CAVAN	32	27	16	31	35	29	11	20	81	134	32
CHARLESTOWN	4	11
CLAREMORRIS	11	15	21	3
CLIFDEN	1	2	1	1			1		4
CLONAKILTY	5	4	12	3	5	1	1	3	3	2	2
CLONES	1				1
CLONMEL	31	19	27	28	13	7	22	44	32	29	9
COACHFORD	1		3
COBH	1	5	2
COOTEHILL	5	3	3
CORK CITY	499	524	411	321	220	289	299	326	403	277	149
COROFIN	1
DOIRE AN FHEICH							25	13	64	35	9
DONEGAL	17	34	10	25	18	29	7	7	3	11	11
DROGHEDA	79	140	146	248	111	153	77	142	66	67	13

table cont.

Court Area	JAN - DEC 2007	JAN - DEC 2008	JAN - DEC 2009	JAN - DEC 2010	JAN - DEC 2011	JAN - DEC 2012	JAN - DEC 2013	JAN - DEC 2014	JAN - DEC 2015	JAN - DEC 2016	JAN - APR 2017
DUBLIN METROPOLITAN DISTRICT	3,033	2,233	2,880	1,188	1,567	2,496	2,921	2,110	1,816	1,865	899
DUNDALK	39	42	76	73	84	50	30	55	100	109	16
DUNGARVAN	23	55	62	95	60	24	30	87	107	63	27
DUNLEER	49
DUNMANWAY	4	2	3	3
DUNMORE	16	30
DUNSHAUGHLIN	110	187	173	69
EASKY		2
ENNIS	108	163	135	129	73	107	127	199	210	137	81
ENNISCORTHY	39	82	30	30	11
ENNISTYMON	1	3	4	7	4
FERMOY	23	38	32	42	65	56	51	83	89	82	10
FOXFORD	1	1
GALWAY	36	47	59	59	46	77	63	120	343	263	66
GLENAMADDY	1
GOREY	40	37	69	38	75	99	102	143	174	139	57
GORT	4	7	16	4	4	3	6	5	39	14	5
GRANARD	8	2
GRANGE	6	11
HEADFORD	10	8
KANTURK	18	27	9	10
KELLS	20	16	16	5	5	11	1
KENMARE	5	1	3			1	6	1
KILCOCK	33	55	61	75	80	58	91	86	124	77	47
KILCORMAC	22	28
KILDARE	36	51	48	59
KILDYSART	1	2
KILKEE		2
KILKENNY	16	102	209	81	97	131	121	214	283	242	58
KILLALOE	1	20	21	14	2	3	5	20	23	12	3
KILLARNEY	17	50	22	5	10	19	13	43	42	56	28
KILLENAULE	2	2
KILLORGLIN	13	1	3	4	1	19	1	3
KILLUCAN	3	18
KILMACTHOMAS	30

Court Area	JAN - DEC 2007	JAN - DEC 2008	JAN - DEC 2009	JAN - DEC 2010	JAN - DEC 2011	JAN - DEC 2012	JAN - DEC 2013	JAN - DEC 2014	JAN - DEC 2015	JAN - DEC 2016	JAN - APR 2017
KILMALLOCK	18	27	20	18	14
KILRUSH	9	3	5	2	3	4	3	22	19	10	8
KILTIMAGH	1	1			1
KINSALE	2	3	3	1	3	5	17
KINVARA	10	11
LETTERKENNY	40	89	36	29	15	27	24	49	90	70	22
LIMERICK	107	120	157	74	83	162	207	243	272	305	116
LISMORE	3	13	9	8			2	12	7	14
LISTOWEL	13	33	19	7	16	44	21	38	34	25	11
LONGFORD	53	29	18	16	15	63	92	100	71	52	19
LOUGHREA	15	24	33	28	28	40	48	64	61	55	20
MACROOM	11	45	68	36	41	57	49	117	122	40	20
MALLOW	17	59	5	18	28	128	126	100	137	92	16
MANORHAMILTON	1	3	2		1			2	2		1
MEATH										114	49
MIDLETON	59	80	45	25	54	145	153	154	117	75	27
MILLSTREET		5	1
MILTOWN MALBAY	2	1
MITCHELSTOWN	42	50	28	18
MONAGHAN	13	8	3	14	26	17	18	33	50	43	20
MULLINGAR	22	48	29	35	35	69	81	213	181	114	14
NA GLEANNTA		4	3	2	2	3	5
NAAS	225	317	308	239	238	338	262	380	704	476	188
NAVAN	119	107	67	23	79	21	60	80	94	40
NENAGH	32	42	47	13	9	10	20	43	85	95	31
NEW ROSS	41	81	108	62	42
NEWCASTLE WEST	16	18	14	11	30	55	45	145	168	212	54
NEWPORT	15	27	1
PORTARLINGTON	12	15	3	12	12
PORTLAOISE	145	179	302	105	66	68	77	269	100	88	49
PORTUMNA	5
RATHDRUM	3
RATHKEALE	69	91	77	61	18
RIVERSTOWN	2	4
ROSCOMMON	18	22	27	26	23	81	43	48	57	20	10
ROSCREA	36	22	24	17	8
SHANNON	38	21	30	35	22
SKIBBEREEN		1			1	9	3	2	2

Court Area	JAN - DEC 2007	JAN - DEC 2008	JAN - DEC 2009	JAN - DEC 2010	JAN - DEC 2011	JAN - DEC 2012	JAN - DEC 2013	JAN - DEC 2014	JAN - DEC 2015	JAN - DEC 2016	JAN - APR 2017
SLIGO	37	70	82	134	38	36	48	43	131	78	24
STROKESTOWN	52	60	24	20	26	27	24	35	37	8	4
SWINFORD	3	6	2	2	1	1	1
TALLOW	1
TEMPLEMORE	4	16	7	2	1
THOMASTOWN	63	38
THURLES	45	65	42	36	18	31	29	83	51	62	23
TIPPERARY	7	7	17	4	9	3	9	9	12	10	1
TRALEE	17	37	17	11	10	10	7	30	19	15	14
TRIM	73	69	38	20	31	53	23	28	41	3
TUAM	13	33	34	21	21	38	25	46	48	35	12
TUBBERCURRY	13	6	53	34	17	11	14	11	7	12	4
TULLA	3	1
TULLAMORE	25	54	55	29	55	64	51	154	100	55	12
TULLOW	24
VIRGINIA	38	37	23	8	16	29	28	30	72	35	17
WATERFORD CITY	77	100	146	154	91	151	126	173	113	98	37
WESTPORT		1		1	1
WEXFORD	80	89	134	85	116	70	94	182	252	109	54
WICKLOW	86	89	125	45	66	65	55	200	88	82	25
YOUGHAL	8	19	11	5	4	2	10	8	15	10	1
Total	7,099	7,429	7,618	4,872	4,591	6,356	6,674	7,864	8,642	6,803	2,680