Fines Administration

Thursday, 4 November 2021

Questions (327)

Catherine Murphy

Question:

327. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of drivers that failed to pay a fixed charge notice for the offence of driving while holding a mobile phone per Garda division within the statutory payment timeframe in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53717/21]

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Minister for Justice

As the Deputy is aware the Garda Commissioner is responsible under the law for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána, which includes operational decisions relating to road traffic matters.

I am advised by the Garda authorities that the table below sets out the number of instances, by Garda Division, in which a Fixed Charge Notice (FCN) was issued for the offence of driving while holding a mobile phone and the FCN was not paid.

	2018	2019	2020	2021*
Cavan/Monaghan	149	146	97	35
Clare	129	77	99	47
Cork City	253	190	184	160
Cork North	135	163	120	88
Cork West	72	69	31	21
D.M.R. Eastern	137	141	95	60
D.M.R. North Central	139	121	122	85
D.M.R. Northern	178	240	194	167
D.M.R. South Central	153	232	112	46
D.M.R. Southern	207	195	172	94
D.M.R. Western	346	371	355	232
Donegal	65	77	67	50
Galway Div	316	306	190	84
Kerry	148	149	126	95
Kildare Div	221	182	234	324
Kilkenny/Carlow	152	150	175	174
Laois/Offaly	161	141	112	148
Limerick	386	320	163	112
Louth Div	84	77	133	113
Mayo	63	139	96	109
Meath Div	94	98	164	218
Roscommon/Longford Div	81	72	58	46
Sligo/Leitrim	73	75	27	32
Tipperary	94	96	132	129
Waterford Div	115	116	162	160
Westmeath Div	48	38	47	56
Wexford Div	213	180	148	99
Wicklow Div	113	121	99	73
Total	4325	4282	3714	3057

The above figures are based on incidents which occurred from 01 January 2018 to 31 October 2021, inclusive. All information contained in this report is based upon operational data from the fixed charge processing system as was available on 2 November 2021 and is liable to change.