Courts Service Data

Tuesday, 22 March 2016

Ceisteanna (244)

Thomas P. Broughan

Ceist:

244. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 274 of 15 December 2015 regarding the replies to earlier parliamentary questions of November 2015, if that information is now available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4927/16]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Justice and Equality

I wish to refer the Deputy to the following table which details the number of persons convicted under the Road Traffic Acts by District Court Area. The table also provides information on the number of persons convicted where a driving licence number was recorded and the number of persons convicted of a penalty point offence where a driving licence number was recorded. I am informed by the Courts Service that, where a driving licence number is recorded and the accused is convicted, the licence number and details of the conviction are forwarded to the appropriate authority.

While almost 80% of road traffic infringements are dealt with via Fixed Charge Notices (FCNs) without recourse to court, the application of Court-awarded penalty points to driving licences remains a priority for the Criminal Justice Fixed Charge Processing System (FCPS) Working Group. In this context consideration is now being given by the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport to the establishment of a ‘master driver licence record’ which will assist by better linking vehicle and driver databases, thereby facilitating the application of penalty points to driving licences.

Court Area	-	-	No of Persons Convicted Under Road Traffic Act	-	-	No of Persons convicted under RTA where Driver Number has been recorded	-	-	No. of Persons convicted of Penalty Point and where Driver Number has been recorded
-	2013	2014	Jan - May 2015	2013	2014	Jan - May 2015	2013	2014	Jan - May 2015
ABBEYFEALE	63	29		8	1		5	1
ACAILL	7	1		1
ARDEE	83	143	64	11	25	6	6	16	5
ARKLOW	235	227	65	28	129	46	22	117	37
ATHLONE	314	562	304	152	334	188	91	242	160
ATHY	98	138	83	17	18	6	12	13	5
BALLINA	59	85	39	8	31	15	3	20	8
BALTINGLASS	62			6
BANDON	184	347	139	57	124	45	26	92	32
BALLYCONNELL & SWANLINBAR	18			7			4
BEAL AN MHUIRTHEAD	33	37	6	4	8	5	2	4	2
BIRR	68			18			6
BALLINASLOE	265	355	144	53	129	47	31	66	26
BALLAGHADERREEN	80	89	26	12	17	12	6	10	10
BALLYHAUNIS	15			2			1
BALLYSHANNON	68	107	42	9	14	6	7	9	6
BANTRY	94	115	72	26	38	28	10	20	17
BRAY	540	521	236	84	184	141	48	141	122
BUNCRANA	91	83	51	25	32	17	13	21	14
CAHIRCIVEEN	6	4	3	2
CARLOW	286	380	351	47	87	83	23	60	60
CASHEL	148	287	103	19	117	50	14	86	37
CAVAN	206	228	165	46	83	46	22	60	34
CASTLEBAR	141	208	85	28	105	31	19	88	21
CLIFDEN	29	43	30	5	6	4	2	2	2
CLONMEL	154	209	64	23	54	24	14	46	19
CLONES	21			1
CLONAKILTY	160	126	55	54	34	15	25	21	10
CORK CITY	2,461	2,606	1,170	566	659	327	326	446	234
CARRICK ON SHANNON	164	130	89	24	15	14	15	10	8
CARRICKMACROSS	146	156	59	21	65	17	13	48	13
CARNDONAGH	64	77	40	22	33	8	16	25	6
CARRICK ON SUIR	67	68	35	14	25	12	3	19	8
CASTLEREA	64	80	28	22	27	10	16	17	7
AN DAINGEAN	13	18	3	5	1			1
DUBLIN METROPOLITAN DISTRICT	9,792	9,397	3,820	4,416	3,820	1,572	3,378	2,893	1,172
DUNGARVAN	139	225	93	34	107	44	22	79	34
DONEGAL	63	72	29	6	15	4	2	9	2
DROGHEDA	331	402	111	53	73	21	32	59	13
DOIRE AN FHEICH	62	68	60	7	11	2	6	7	1
DUNDALK	307	332	164	33	21	15	17	14	13
AN CLOCHAN LIATH	47	41	15	5	14	10	1	10	8
EDENDERRY	75			14			5
ENNIS	770	1,010	441	184	290	135	121	207	93
AN FAL CARRACH	31	43	17	8	17	3	2	12	1
FERMOY	229	321	129	57	85	43	35	44	31
GALWAY	779	1,021	528	142	272	142	91	205	101
NA GLEANNTA	43	37	6	6	15	2	3	8	1
GORT	63	103	98	12	21	23	4	14	19
GOREY	465	408	187	215	183	98	148	145	81
KELLS	102			13			7
KENMARE	25	24	10
KILLALOE	84	105	70	22	33	32	15	24	26
CILL RONAIN	2	1
KINSALE	96			34			15
KILCOCK	197	222	97	19	27	11	14	22	9
KILKENNY	511	612	435	85	120	121	49	63	74
KILLORGLIN	12	23	3	1	4			2
KILRUSH	97	125	61	20	36	24	10	29	20
KILLARNEY	107	159	58	18	21	4	12	13	3
LETTERKENNY	323	369	200	72	125	77	41	82	46
LIMERICK	2,367	2,704	1,260	215	166	80	139	95	53
LISMORE	53	44	11	11	13	2	6	10
LISTOWEL	91	116	37	12	12	5	5	11	4
LONGFORD	351	421	191	153	241	124	101	162	92
LOUGHREA	159	256	119	39	93	42	30	63	33
MACROOM	208	280	156	80	113	77	54	94	58
MALLOW	548	663	359	95	138	74	55	78	46
MANORHAMILTON	12	16	6		1			1
MIDLETON	464	519	227	135	161	47	102	115	30
MONAGHAN	123	153	91	19	54	26	7	33	17
MULLINGAR	336	467	216	153	237	136	95	199	108
NAAS	768	987	559	113	197	163	74	155	127
NENAGH	181	194	153	23	28	37	12	21	27
NEWCASTLE WEST	438	644	279	57	84	30	35	47	21
NAVAN	280	406	211	47	70	43	31	60	36
PORTLAOISE	466	727	292	67	217	82	37	156	50
ROSCOMMON	189	195	89	73	79	28	45	60	21
SKIBBEREEN	68	80	37	23	19	16	12	13	7
SLIGO	208	214	148	31	30	17	15	22	14
AN SPIDEAL	19			2			1
STROKESTOWN	64	84	46	20	24	16	13	18	15
SWINFORD	15			3			2
THURLES	159	277	83	41	47	28	24	31	25
TIPPERARY	72	85	47	6	16	11	3	7	9
TRALEE	157	207	73	16	24	15	6	12	10
TRIM	94	94	68	6	12	9	1	9	9
TUAM	352	528	253	78	196	104	29	113	68
TUBBERCURRY	60	42	19	11	8	3	7	7	2
TULLAMORE	384	652	305	92	217	105	61	177	84
VIRGINIA	195	236	128	44	104	32	28	79	25
WEXFORD	475	526	274	206	305	171	145	259	151
WICKLOW	237	375	134	48	181	87	26	148	65
WESTPORT	26	26	10	5	12	6	2	5	1
WATERFORD CITY	682	660	268	153	194	63	82	137	37
YOUGHAL	72	77	28	18	26	17	5	20	14
Total	31,632	35,534	16,360	8,998	11,024	5,282	6,121	8,059	3,910

Question No. 245 answered with Question No. 236.