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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 31 May 2022

Tuesday, 31 May 2022

Questions (621)

Patrick Costello

Question:

621. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the total number of fixed penalty notices issued to cyclists by year and to date since the commencement of the Road Traffic Act 2015, tabulated by the alleged offences for which these were issued; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28181/22]

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Written answers

I have requested the information sought by the Deputy from An Garda Síochána, but I have not received this information in time. I will write to the Deputy as soon as the information is to hand.

The following deferred reply was received under Standing Order 51
I refer to Parliamentary Question No. 621 of 31 May 2022 where you asked for: “The total number of fixed penalty notices issued to cyclists by year and to date since the commencement of the Road Traffic Act 2015, tabulated by the alleged offences for which these were issued”.
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, under the Garda Síochána Act 2005, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the administration and management of An Garda Síochána. I have no direct role in these matters.
The below table, which has been provided to me by the Garda authorities, sets out the total number of instances where a cyclist was issued with a Fixed Charge Notice since the commencement of the Road Traffic Act on 31/07/2015.
I am informed that, for data protection compliance, figures for groups with less than ten records have not been included; and that it is not possible to break down these statistics by offence type to prevent identification of individuals.

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

Total Issued

588

631

1430

1507

1510

1267

932

458

8,323

I am advised that figures are based on incidents which occurred from 31/07/2015 to 26/05/2022, inclusive.
I am further advised that all information contained in this report is based upon operational data from the Fixed Charge Penalty System as was available on 27/05/2022 and is liable to change.
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