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Road Traffic Offences

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 28 April 2021

Wednesday, 28 April 2021

Ceisteanna (803)

Catherine Murphy

Ceist:

803. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons summoned to court for not paying a fixed charge notice for speeding by District Court in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; and if all fixed charge notices are issued via registered post. [21424/21]

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Freagraí scríofa

I am informed by the Garda authorities that Fixed Charge Notices are generally issued by standard post.

As the Deputy will be aware, there are no summons issued for the failure to pay a Fixed Charge Notice within the statutory payment window. Rather, a person who chooses to exercise their right to not pay the Fixed Charge Penalty will be summonsed to Court for the offence for which the Fixed Charge Notice was originally issued - in the case of the information requested that would be the offence of speeding.

For the information of the Deputy, the below figures furnished to me by the Courts Service provide the number of persons before the courts & finalised  for the offence of speeding, by District Court, for the periods Jan – Dec 2019, Jan – Dec 2020 & Jan – 31 March 2021.

Please further note that a defendant may be listed in Court for that year in more than one Court Area and this defendant would be displayed more than once in this report.

   Court Area  

   2019

   No. of Persons  

   2020

   No. of Persons  

   Jan - Mar 2021

   No. of Persons  

AN CLOCHAN LIATH

2

2

3

AN DAINGEAN

6

3

1

AN FAL CARRACH

4

2

0

ARDEE

123

48

1

ARKLOW

117

83

2

ATHLONE

191

151

3

ATHY

165

115

107

BALLAGHADERREEN

11

18

11

BALLINA

134

74

23

BALLINASLOE

464

255

118

BALLYSHANNON

110

75

31

BANDON

408

245

5

BANTRY

13

7

1

BEAL AN MHUIRTHEAD

7

3

13

BRAY

213

162

3

BUNCRANA

37

81

26

CAHIRCIVEEN

 

2

3

CARLOW

249

140

160

CARNDONAGH

42

33

5

CARRICK ON SHANNON

93

38

11

CARRICK ON SUIR

37

21

31

CARRICKMACROSS

169

84

8

CASHEL

233

221

101

CASTLEBAR

286

269

2

CASTLEREA

16

8

6

CAVAN

182

130

74

CLIFDEN

9

3

1

CLONAKILTY

23

10

4

CLONMEL

58

49

13

CORK CITY

698

381

77

DOIRE AN FHEICH

162

86

0

DONEGAL

57

36

4

DROGHEDA

209

198

3

DUBLIN METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

3,403

2,481

856

DUNDALK

221

148

1

DUNGARVAN

323

257

166

ENNIS

869

508

152

FERMOY

305

209

51

GALWAY

434

278

36

GOREY

439

265

66

GORT

31

33

0

KENMARE

1

2

1

KILCOCK

174

0

0

KILKENNY

553

287

61

KILLALOE

39

25

29

KILLARNEY

310

211

34

KILLORGLIN

3

4

1

KILRUSH

28

11

6

LETTERKENNY

288

311

52

LIMERICK

1,112

785

151

LISMORE

16

9

5

LISTOWEL

112

69

37

LONGFORD

282

184

58

LOUGHREA

263

204

73

MACROOM

220

81

0

MALLOW

86

113

29

MANORHAMILTON

7

15

3

MEATH

732

306

75

MIDLETON

286

165

42

MONAGHAN

250

169

23

MULLINGAR

174

164

116

NA GLEANNTA

3

0

2

NAAS

3,375

938

539

NENAGH

223

167

74

NEWCASTLE WEST

543

275

93

PORTLAOISE

628

339

350

ROSCOMMON

83

66

72

SKIBBEREEN

8

3

5

SLIGO

386

280

55

STROKESTOWN

45

40

54

THURLES

107

67

49

TIPPERARY

20

9

6

TRALEE

218

212

42

TUAM

132

107

1

TUBBERCURRY

93

87

12

TULLAMORE

207

113

19

VIRGINIA

99

58

63

WATERFORD CITY

452

244

173

WESTPORT

6

0

0

WEXFORD

361

201

140

WICKLOW

385

276

3

YOUGHAL

40

39

26

 Total

22,903

13,848

4,753

           

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