Road Traffic Offences

Wednesday, 18 January 2023

Questions (1123)

Mattie McGrath

Question:

1123. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice the breakdown of the fines issued as a result of the vans; the related speed zones within which these fines relate to for example 50km/hour, 80km/hour and 100km/hour zones; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1496/23]

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Minister for Justice

I have requested the information sought by the Deputy from the Garda authorities, however, this information was not available in time. I will write to the Deputy once the information is to hand.

The following deferred reply was received under Standing Order 51.

I refer to Parliamentary Question No. 1123 of 18 January 2023 where you sought: “the breakdown of the fines issued as a result of the vans; the related speed zones within which these fines relate to for example 50km/hour, 80km/hour and 100km/hour zones”.

As you will recall, I had sought the information you requested from the Garda authorities and undertook to contact you again once the information was to hand.

As you will be aware, under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the administration and management of An Garda Síochána. As Minister, I have no direct role in these independent functions.

The table below, furnished to me by the Garda authorities, outlines the yearly breakdown of the Fixed Charge Notices issued for Speeding where the detection arose as a result of a speed van.

Speed Limit (km/h)	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
50	44064	34295	29097	43732	42649	43780
60	20504	13849	17895	28008	19786	16471
80	19587	14678	14819	18132	20020	17600
100	18171	16372	11436	15930	19426	21084
120	1388	1219	1788	4223	6210	13340
Total	103714	80413	75035	110025	108091	112275

It is worth noting that the figures are based on incidents which occurred from 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2022, inclusive. This information is based upon operational data from the FCPS system as was available on 8 January 2023 and is liable to change.

I hope that this information is of assistance.