Penalty Points System

Wednesday, 10 March 2021

Questions (220)

Darren O'Rourke

Question:

220. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the number of penalty points issued by age and gender in 2020 and to date in 2021. [12720/21]

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Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of Transport (Deputy Hildegarde Naughton)

The details requested are provided in the two tabular tables below. The data provided for 2021 covers the period from January and February only. The number of penalty points issued for 2020 and 2021 is based on the driver records endorsed on the National Vehicle and Driver File with total number of penalty points issued.

Table 1: Number of Drivers broken down by Gender and number of penalty points issued in 2020.

Table 1

Table 2: Number of Drivers broken down by Gender and number of penalty points issued in 2021 (January and February).

Table 2

Note:No Gender or Age Recorded* refers to drivers who have a foreign driving licence with an Irish address and non-resident drivers who pay on the spot penalty fines - these drivers do not have an Irish driving licence record on the NVDF and there is no details on gender or age available for these records.