An Garda Síochána

Monday, 11 September 2023

Questions (1066)

Peadar Tóibín

Question:

1066. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice how many speeding arrests were made in each county or by Garda division in the country over the past ten years; how many speeding checkpoints were carried out in each county or Garda division in the past ten years; and how many convictions were achieved for speeding in each county or Garda division for the past ten years. [37185/23]

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Minister for Justice

I have sought the information requested by the Deputy from An Garda Síochána, and will contact him again when this is to hand.

The following deferred reply was received under Standing Order 51

I refer to Parliamentary Question No. 1066 of 11 September 2023 where you sought: “To ask the Minister for Justice how many speeding arrests were made in each county or by Garda division in the country over the past ten years; how many speeding checkpoints were carried out in each county or Garda division in the past ten years; and how many convictions were achieved for speeding in each county or Garda division for the past ten years.”

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, which includes the enforcement of road traffic legislation and the recording of information on Garda IT systems. As Minister, I have no role in such matters.

I am advised by the Garda authorities that, as per the Garda Síochána Analysis Service (GSAS), checkpoints are recorded on PULSE, but there is no specific incident type for speed checkpoints and this information is not available as a result.

To be of assistance, GSAS have provided the table attached at Appendix 1, which is a yearly breakdown per Garda division of the number of instances in which a party was issued with a Fixed Charge Notice for the offences of speeding.

These figures include both intercept (Garda member) and non-intercept (mobile safety camera van) detections. All information contained in this report is based upon operational data from the FCPS system as was available on 13 September 2023 and is liable to change.

In relation to the number of convictions for speeding in each County over the last ten years, it is the function of the Courts Service to provide information on any convictions handed down or orders issued by the Courts. As Minister, I have no role in these matters.

The Courts Service has a dedicated email address for the provision of information to members of the Houses of the Oireachtas: oireachtasenquiries@courts.ie.

Appendix 1

The table below provides a breakdown per Garda division of the number of instances in which a party was issued with a Fixed Charge Notice for the offences of speeding.

FCPN BY DIVISION	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023*
Cavan/Monaghan	7703	6126	6105	5102	4165	4486	5732	4964	5204	4360
Clare/Tipperary	14835	12096	13251	9545	9459	8072	11589	13168	17226	15811
Cork City	7894	6709	5009	4917	3203	4092	7164	12250	10449	5677
Cork North	10281	8331	7977	4553	5078	4940	6607	6316	7409	3627
Cork West	4709	5974	4683	3365	5464	4849	3444	4034	4571	2017
D.M.R. East	7755	5648	4273	4007	3439	4400	5529	4024	4526	2218
D.M.R. North Central	3002	5161	2849	4354	3064	3325	4010	3688	2479	1783
D.M.R. North	9799	10748	10827	10502	8179	8668	11682	9672	7245	3582
D.M.R. South Central	7515	5572	5582	4743	3723	3014	2736	2648	2729	1484
D.M.R. South	2650	3128	2233	1530	1623	1535	3438	3690	4601	3343
D.M.R. West	15974	22054	11343	7464	2742	3302	12895	8704	8639	5946
Donegal	4744	4758	4285	3108	2887	3344	3743	3715	3808	2144
Galway	13719	13117	9276	9820	9039	9476	13815	10625	12456	6619
Kerry	5514	4215	5577	3236	3552	4108	3846	4043	3331	2805
Kildare	15522	17510	15475	13821	14863	12830	12700	15623	11132	6705
Kilkenny/Carlow	9955	9611	7227	5694	5266	5060	5079	6102	4313	3921
Laois/Offaly	7243	3929	4714	5232	4665	5335	6723	8706	6544	4691
Limerick	17035	20867	11776	9527	10793	10908	8543	9253	9130	5702
Louth	5132	3971	2480	2321	2383	2318	4798	4901	3836	2873
Mayo/Roscommon/Longford	8973	5870	8100	8418	5770	8488	8341	6524	5161	3324
Meath	5621	4853	3290	4799	5728	3309	8350	7082	5825	3806
Sligo/Leitrim	8440	5529	4556	3556	3175	3123	1910	3143	2173	1543
Waterford	7166	8119	5960	3021	5197	5023	5521	5954	5328	3746
Westmeath	9107	8793	2873	3572	2452	3469	4847	5400	7448	4913
Wexford	8212	9162	6789	6718	4635	4492	5124	5157	4416	3403
Wicklow	8240	6050	5179	5290	5569	5174	13097	10465	5722	3823
TOTAL	226740	217901	171689	148215	136113	137140	181263	179851	165701	109866

*Figures are based on incidents which occurred from 1 January 2014 to 12 September 2023, inclusive.

All information contained in this report is based upon operational data from the FCPS system as was available on 13 September 2023 and is liable to change.