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An Garda Síochána

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 11 May 2021

Tuesday, 11 May 2021

Questions (630)

Catherine Murphy

Question:

630. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of fixed charge notices issued by An Garda Síochána in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, by Garda district and division to learner drivers for the offence of driving unaccompanied by a qualified driver; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23851/21]

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As the Deputy will be aware, the Road Traffic (Amendment) Act 2018, known as the Clancy Amendment, provides for penalties to be imposed on car owners who allow their vehicles to be used by an unaccompanied learner driver. The law provides for fines to be levied in such cases and gives Gardaí the power to seize their cars if being driven by unaccompanied learner drivers.

The Garda authorities have provided me with the below table which has an annual breakdown by Garda division of the number of instances in which a learner driver was issued with a fixed charge notice for the offence of driving unaccompanied by a qualified driver.

I am advised by An Garda Síochána that given the large number of districts, it is not possible to provide a breakdown of the relevant fixed charge notices issued to district level.

Garda Division

2019

2020

2021*

Cavan/Monaghan

144

108

32

Clare

66

47

20

Cork City

103

154

47

Cork North

89

77

47

Cork West

94

67

17

D.M.R. Eastern

94

62

31

D.M.R. North Central

131

138

29

D.M.R. Northern

236

230

141

D.M.R. South Central

98

159

72

D.M.R. Southern

306

282

104

D.M.R. Western

473

562

279

Donegal

46

51

20

Galway

106

140

52

Kerry

68

47

20

Kildare

263

343

176

Kilkenny/Carlow

131

143

63

Laois/Offaly

166

204

77

Limerick

279

203

46

Louth

84

91

22

Mayo

47

43

18

Meath

55

126

53

Roscommon/Longford

83

133

51

Sligo/Leitrim

19

19

-

Tipperary

121

152

72

Waterford

103

206

75

Westmeath

41

53

29

Wexford

187

179

68

Wicklow

212

207

85

* Figures for 2021 up to 30/04/2021.

- Figures less than 10.

For the Deputy's information the figures in the above table are based on incidents which occurred from 1 January 2019 to 30 April 2021, inclusive. All information contained in the above table is based upon operational data from the Fixed Charge Processing System as was available on 4 May 2021 and is liable to change.

The following revised reply was received on 26 May 2021.

Breakdown by division of the number of instances in which a party was issued with a Fixed Charge Notice for the offence of driving unaccompanied by a qualified driver

Division

2019

2020

2021*

Cavan/Monaghan

220

152

39

Clare

99

64

29

Cork City

213

286

114

Cork North

225

264

128

Cork West

169

133

33

D.M.R. Eastern

107

103

44

D.M.R. North Central

220

196

54

D.M.R. Northern

353

377

188

D.M.R. South Central

164

276

125

D.M.R. Southern

489

454

141

D.M.R. Western

714

835

396

Donegal

105

86

40

Galway

208

220

82

Kerry

140

105

32

Kildare

376

499

212

Kilkenny/Carlow

168

230

97

Laois/Offaly

236

357

158

Limerick

364

244

67

Louth

127

152

39

Mayo

76

85

31

Meath

82

194

112

Roscommon/Longford

110

176

55

Sligo/Leitrim

47

36

17

Tipperary

166

226

97

Waterford

185

335

118

Westmeath

105

112

56

Wexford

396

448

136

Wicklow

284

239

111

* Figures for 2021 up to 30/04/2021.

Additional Information

Figures are based on incidents which occurred from 01/01/2019 to 30/04/2021, inclusive. All information contained in this report is based upon operational data from the FCPS system as was available on 04/05/2021 and is liable to change.

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