Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 1 March 2022
575. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of speeding checks that have been put in place in each county in each of the past five years; and the number of fines that were imposed in each county for the past five years. [10951/22]
View answerAs the Deputy will be aware, under the Garda Síochána Act 2005, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána, including Garda operations aimed at preventing and detecting crime. As Minister, I have no direct role in these matters.
Since 2010, An Garda Síochána has contributed to making our roads safer through the use of safety cameras, using a service provider ‘GoSafe’ to operate them on its behalf. The primary purpose of safety cameras is to reduce speed related collisions, lessen injuries and save lives.
For the Deputy's information, attached is the number of GoSafe Monitoring Deployments by county for the period 2017 - 2021.
The Deputy will also find attached a second table that provides a yearly breakdown per Garda division of the number of instances in which a party was issued with a Fixed Charge Notice for the offence of speeding. The Deputy should note that figures are based on incidents which occurred from 01/01/2016 to 24/02/2022 inclusive and is liable to change.
