Peadar Tóibín
Question:
649. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 637 of 11 May 2021, the number of speeding fines or penalty points issued as a result of evidence obtained by speed camera vans nationwide in each of the past five years and to date in 2021, by county. [23237/22]
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I have contacted the Garda authorities to provide the information sought by the Deputy, but unfortunately this was not to hand in time. I will write to the Deputy once the information is received.
The following deferred reply was received under Standing Order 51
I refer to Parliamentary Question No. 649 of 10 May 2022 where you asked:
‘further to Parliamentary Question No. 637 of 11 May 2021, the number of speeding fines or penalty points issued as a result of evidence obtained by speed camera vans nationwide in each of the past five years and to date in 2021, by county’
As you will recall, I sought the information you requested and undertook to contact you again once the information was to hand.
As you will be aware, the Garda Commissioner is responsible, under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended) for the management and administration of Garda business, including all operational policing and road traffic enforcement matters. As Minister I play no role in these independent functions.
I am advised by the Garda authorities that instances of speeding detected by speed camera vans are referred to as ‘non-intercept’ speeding offences on the Fixed Charge Processing System (FCPS).
The table below, provided by the Garda authorities, lists the number of ‘non-intercept’ speeding offences recorded on the FCPS. This information is recorded by Garda Division as opposed to by county on the FCPS and it is not possible to provide a county by county breakdown.
The recording of statistics related to penalty points is a matter for the Road Safety Authority (RSA) and statistics are published publicly on the RSA’s website.
Division
|
2016
|
2017
|
2018
|
2019
|
2020
|
2021
|
2022*
|
D.M.R. Eastern
|
2,776
|
2,186
|
1,398
|
2,065
|
3,095
|
2,508
|
761
|
D.M.R. North Central
|
2,595
|
3,971
|
2,321
|
2,915
|
3,130
|
3,069
|
768
|
D.M.R. Northern
|
9,393
|
9,048
|
6,025
|
6,040
|
8,473
|
6,501
|
1,961
|
D.M.R. South Central
|
5,218
|
4,312
|
2,549
|
2,260
|
2,208
|
2,139
|
552
|
D.M.R. Southern
|
1,544
|
903
|
416
|
335
|
2,266
|
2,776
|
1,128
|
D.M.R. Western
|
10,148
|
6,368
|
864
|
820
|
9,677
|
6,982
|
1,689
|
Kildare Div
|
13,827
|
11,823
|
12,351
|
10,658
|
7,302
|
8,575
|
1,921
|
Kilkenny/Carlow
|
5,425
|
3,999
|
2,822
|
2,439
|
1,899
|
1,895
|
640
|
Laois/Offaly
|
3,373
|
2,402
|
2,360
|
2,488
|
2,972
|
4,591
|
1,243
|
Meath Div
|
2,345
|
4,024
|
4,620
|
2,293
|
5,568
|
4,880
|
1,685
|
Waterford Div
|
5,073
|
2,019
|
2,945
|
2,802
|
2,134
|
2,286
|
752
|
Westmeath Div
|
1,616
|
1,878
|
1,413
|
2,156
|
3,177
|
2,776
|
1,097
|
Wexford Div
|
5,318
|
5,275
|
2,907
|
2,775
|
3,126
|
2,818
|
729
|
Wicklow Div
|
4,126
|
3,900
|
3,589
|
2,574
|
10,118
|
7,418
|
1,021
|
Cavan/Monaghan
|
4,386
|
2,455
|
2,073
|
2,150
|
4,305
|
3,617
|
1,425
|
Donegal
|
3,447
|
1,861
|
1,825
|
1,388
|
2,163
|
1,803
|
657
|
Galway Div
|
5,845
|
5,801
|
3,857
|
4,258
|
10,049
|
8,042
|
2,929
|
Louth Div
|
1,699
|
1,478
|
1,265
|
852
|
1,669
|
1,758
|
495
|
Mayo
|
2,936
|
3,238
|
2,241
|
2,580
|
1,631
|
1,518
|
554
|
Roscommon/Longford Div
|
3,781
|
3,714
|
1,429
|
1,605
|
3,081
|
1,905
|
346
|
Sligo/Leitrim
|
3,867
|
2,434
|
1,665
|
1,386
|
1,057
|
1,857
|
437
|
Clare
|
3,754
|
2,971
|
2,475
|
2,057
|
1,521
|
1,634
|
577
|
Cork City
|
3,880
|
2,790
|
1,515
|
1,958
|
4,435
|
9,408
|
2,996
|
Cork North
|
4,578
|
1,693
|
1,832
|
1,710
|
3,099
|
3,317
|
1,558
|
Cork West
|
3,025
|
2,020
|
3,675
|
3,336
|
2,564
|
2,896
|
1,099
|
Kerry
|
4,942
|
2,392
|
2,346
|
2,339
|
1,814
|
1,575
|
536
|
Limerick
|
9,712
|
5,914
|
5,898
|
5,322
|
4,487
|
6,050
|
2,308
|
Tipperary
|
6,324
|
2,872
|
1,767
|
1,474
|
3,005
|
3,497
|
1,451
|
National Total
|
134,953
|
103,741
|
80,443
|
75,035
|
110,025
|
108,091
|
33,315
|
*2022 figure is from 01/01/2022 to 10/05/2022.
All figures are operational and subject to change. Figures are as available on the FCPS system at 01:30 on 10/05/2022.