Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 20 Apr 1999

Vol. 503 No. 3

Written Answers. - Traffic Wardens.

Jim Mitchell

Ceist:

483 Mr. J. Mitchell asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the cost of traffic wardens in Dublin city and Dublin county in each of the past five years; and the total income earned from parking and related fines in Dublin city and Dublin county in each of the same five years. [9883/99]

Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform (Mr. O'Donoghue)

The information sought by the Deputy is set out is set out in the following tabular statement:

	Salary/Overheads of Traffic Wardens	Revenue from Parking/No. Tax Displayed Fines on the Spot	Income from Court Imposed Road Traffic Fines.
	£	£	£
1994	2,568,241	3,391,980	6,009,201
1995	2,387,186	3,201,874	5,530,979
1996	2,158,952	3,217,040	5,273,923
1997	2,807,013	3,282,029	5,473,229
1998	2,665,365	2,342,340	6,141,697

With regard to the income from court imposed fines these statistics comprise all road traffic fines imposed (generated by both the traffic wardens and the Garda) following a court hearing, including fines in relation to parking and no tax displayed offences. They are not compiled in such a way as to distinguish between parking fines and fines for no tax displayed and other road traffic fines as requested by the Deputy.