Peadar Tóibín
Question:1114. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of speeding fines issued in each county, in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [1520/24]
View answerWednesday, 17 January 2024
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As the Deputy will be aware, under the Garda Síochána Act 2005, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the administration and management of An Garda Síochána, including the recording of traffic offences. As Minister for Justice, I have no direct role in these matters.
I am informed by Garda authorities that An Garda Síochána is committed to working closely with all road safety agencies to focus on high risk behaviour with the key objective of reducing the number of serious injury collisions and fatalities on our roads.
Budget 2024 provides for 800-1000 new Garda recruits. Growing the strength of An Garda Síochána to 15,000 and beyond will allow the further expansion of specialist units, including the roads policing unit.
Also as part of Budget 2024, €3.6m additional funding has been allocated for GoSafe speed cameras, continuing the increased level of 9,000 hours a month announced last year through the whole of 2024.
The role of the Safety Camera Contract is critical in the context of road traffic enforcement, improving road safety by changing driver behaviour. This is in order to reduce road traffic fatalities and serious injuries by reducing the incidence of drivers exceeding stipulated speed limits, in circumstances where speeding is known to be a significant factor behind serious collisions.
The table below, provided by the Garda authorities, sets out the yearly breakdown per division of the Fixed Charge Notices issued for speeding. All information is operational and may be subject to change.
|
Division |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
|
Clare/Tipperary |
14835 |
12096 |
13251 |
9545 |
9459 |
8072 |
11589 |
13168 |
17226 |
21581 |
|
Cork City |
7894 |
6709 |
5009 |
4917 |
3203 |
4092 |
7164 |
12250 |
10449 |
8166 |
|
Cork North |
10281 |
8331 |
7977 |
4553 |
5078 |
4940 |
6607 |
6316 |
7409 |
4937 |
|
Cork West |
4709 |
5974 |
4683 |
3365 |
5464 |
4849 |
3444 |
4034 |
4571 |
3071 |
|
D.M.R. Eastern |
7755 |
5648 |
4273 |
4007 |
3439 |
4400 |
5529 |
4024 |
4526 |
3028 |
|
D.M.R. North Central |
3002 |
5161 |
2849 |
4354 |
3064 |
3325 |
4010 |
3688 |
2479 |
2502 |
|
D.M.R. Northern |
9799 |
10748 |
10827 |
10502 |
8179 |
8668 |
11682 |
9672 |
7245 |
5557 |
|
D.M.R. South Central |
7515 |
5572 |
5582 |
4743 |
3723 |
3014 |
2736 |
2648 |
2729 |
1949 |
|
D.M.R. Southern |
2650 |
3128 |
2233 |
1530 |
1623 |
1535 |
3438 |
3690 |
4601 |
4413 |
|
D.M.R. Western |
15974 |
22054 |
11343 |
7464 |
2742 |
3302 |
12895 |
8704 |
8639 |
7913 |
|
Donegal |
4744 |
4758 |
4285 |
3108 |
2887 |
3344 |
3743 |
3715 |
3808 |
3170 |
|
Galway Div |
13719 |
13117 |
9276 |
9820 |
9039 |
9476 |
13815 |
10625 |
12456 |
9160 |
|
Kerry |
5514 |
4215 |
5577 |
3236 |
3552 |
4108 |
3846 |
4043 |
3331 |
3886 |
|
Kildare Div |
15522 |
17510 |
15475 |
13821 |
14863 |
12830 |
12700 |
15623 |
11132 |
9775 |
|
Kilkenny/Carlow |
9955 |
9611 |
7227 |
5694 |
5266 |
5060 |
5079 |
6102 |
4313 |
5515 |
|
Laois/Offaly |
7243 |
3929 |
4714 |
5232 |
4665 |
5335 |
6723 |
8706 |
6544 |
6214 |
|
Limerick |
17035 |
20867 |
11776 |
9527 |
10793 |
10908 |
8543 |
9253 |
9130 |
7597 |
|
Louth/Cavan/Monaghan |
12835 |
10097 |
8585 |
7423 |
6548 |
6804 |
10530 |
9865 |
9040 |
10453 |
|
Mayo/Roscommon/Longford |
8973 |
5870 |
8100 |
8418 |
5770 |
8488 |
8341 |
6524 |
5161 |
5042 |
|
Meath/Westmeath |
14728 |
13646 |
6163 |
8371 |
8180 |
6778 |
13197 |
12482 |
13273 |
12288 |
|
Sligo/Leitrim |
8440 |
5529 |
4556 |
3556 |
3175 |
3123 |
1910 |
3143 |
2173 |
2250 |
|
Waterford Division |
7166 |
8119 |
5960 |
3021 |
5197 |
5023 |
5521 |
5954 |
5328 |
5244 |
|
Wexford Division |
8212 |
9162 |
6789 |
6718 |
4635 |
4492 |
5124 |
5157 |
4416 |
4724 |
|
Wicklow Division |
8240 |
6050 |
5179 |
5290 |
5569 |
5174 |
13097 |
10465 |
5722 |
5462 |
|
Total |
226740 |
217901 |
171689 |
148215 |
136113 |
137140 |
181263 |
179851 |
165701 |
153897 |