Road Traffic Offences

Wednesday, 10 November 2021

Questions (208)

Catherine Murphy

Question:

208. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of drivers listed in court for speeding, by District Court, in the years 2018, 2019 and 2020, which resulted in the case being struck out or dismissed due to the driver making a contribution to the court poor box; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54967/21]

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Minister for Justice

I have sought a report from the Courts Service on the matters raised by the Deputy and I will revert to her when this is to hand.

The following deferred reply was received under Standing Order 51

I refer to Parliamentary Question Number 208, which was for answer on 10 November 2021, the number of drivers listed in court for speeding by district court in the years 2018, 2019 and 2020 which resulted in the case being struck out or dismissed due to the driver making a contribution to the court poor box.

You will recall that the information could not be obtained in the time available and I undertook to consult with the Courts Service and contact you again when the information was available.

I am advised by the Courts Service that the table below details the number of persons by District Court Area, where their offence for speeding was struck out/dismissed due to the driver making a contribution to the court poor box.

Court Area	Jan - Dec 2018	Jan - Dec 2019	Jan - Dec 2020	Jan - Sep 2021
ATHLONE				1
BALLINASLOE	2	2
BANDON	3	3		4
CARRICK ON SUIR	1
CASTLEREA	1
CLONAKILTY				1
CLONMEL		1
CORK CITY	1	1
DROGHEDA	1
DUBLIN METROPOLITAN DISTRICT	7	4		11
DUNGARVAN	5	1
KILLALOE		1
LONGFORD				1
LOUGHREA	1			1
MACROOM	4	3	3
MULLINGAR				3
PORTLAOISE	1
STROKESTOWN				1
TUAM	1	2	2
YOUGHAL	1
Total	29	18	5	23

I trust this information is of assistance.