Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 5 July 2006
349 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport if the offence is endorsed on a driver licence and becomes operative when the driver pays the fine or when the driver receives official notification in relation to the endorsement of penalty point offences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27203/06]
Amharc ar fhreagraSection 5 of the Road Traffic Act, 2002 provides that where penalty points are to be endorsed in a record, a notification of that endorsement must be issued to the licence holder involved. Section 7 of the Act provides the operative date for penalty points is 28 days from the date of the notice issued under Section 5, or where the person is at the time disqualified from holding a licence, from the date immediately after the end of the period of disqualification, and where the person was not the holder of a licence, the date on which the person becomes a holder.
350 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport the details of the average waiting times experienced by motorists who have been awarded penalty points, between the date they pay the fine and the date they receive notification that the points will be endorsed on their licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27204/06]
Amharc ar fhreagraData on the average waiting times between the date of fine payments and the assignment of penalty points are not available.
351 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 346 of 27 June 2006, the length of time in which points can be terminated, as distinct from removed, in relation to safety regulations; does the entire point installation need to be removed after a certain period of time; if it is possible for reconnection to occur easily under the mini-CTC scheme; will this location be catered in the re-signalling scheme; and if he will make a fuller response to this query. [27205/06]
Amharc ar fhreagraIarnród Éireann has advised me that the points giving access to the freight yard will remain terminated but not removed until the mini-CTC scheme is implemented in 2007/8. I also understand from Iarnród Éireann that termination involves removal of certain moving components and is required as a safety precaution. The remainder of the point installation may remain in place.
Iarnród Éireann has also informed me that the mini-CTC scheme will be implemented in such a way as to allow for future reconnection of the freight yard should viable new freight traffic flows be secured from Claremorris.
