Road Traffic Offences

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 10 May 2022

Tuesday, 10 May 2022

Ceisteanna (649)

Peadar Tóibín

Ceist:

649. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 637 of 11 May 2021, the number of speeding fines or penalty points issued as a result of evidence obtained by speed camera vans nationwide in each of the past five years and to date in 2021, by county. [23237/22]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Justice

I have contacted the Garda authorities to provide the information sought by the Deputy, but unfortunately this was not to hand in time. I will write to the Deputy once the information is received.

The following deferred reply was received under Standing Order 51

I refer to Parliamentary Question No. 649 of 10 May 2022 where you asked:

‘further to Parliamentary Question No. 637 of 11 May 2021, the number of speeding fines or penalty points issued as a result of evidence obtained by speed camera vans nationwide in each of the past five years and to date in 2021, by county’

As you will recall, I sought the information you requested and undertook to contact you again once the information was to hand.

As you will be aware, the Garda Commissioner is responsible, under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended) for the management and administration of Garda business, including all operational policing and road traffic enforcement matters. As Minister I play no role in these independent functions.

I am advised by the Garda authorities that instances of speeding detected by speed camera vans are referred to as ‘non-intercept’ speeding offences on the Fixed Charge Processing System (FCPS).

The table below, provided by the Garda authorities, lists the number of ‘non-intercept’ speeding offences recorded on the FCPS. This information is recorded by Garda Division as opposed to by county on the FCPS and it is not possible to provide a county by county breakdown.

The recording of statistics related to penalty points is a matter for the Road Safety Authority (RSA) and statistics are published publicly on the RSA’s website.

Division	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022*
D.M.R. Eastern	2,776	2,186	1,398	2,065	3,095	2,508	761
D.M.R. North Central	2,595	3,971	2,321	2,915	3,130	3,069	768
D.M.R. Northern	9,393	9,048	6,025	6,040	8,473	6,501	1,961
D.M.R. South Central	5,218	4,312	2,549	2,260	2,208	2,139	552
D.M.R. Southern	1,544	903	416	335	2,266	2,776	1,128
D.M.R. Western	10,148	6,368	864	820	9,677	6,982	1,689
Kildare Div	13,827	11,823	12,351	10,658	7,302	8,575	1,921
Kilkenny/Carlow	5,425	3,999	2,822	2,439	1,899	1,895	640
Laois/Offaly	3,373	2,402	2,360	2,488	2,972	4,591	1,243
Meath Div	2,345	4,024	4,620	2,293	5,568	4,880	1,685
Waterford Div	5,073	2,019	2,945	2,802	2,134	2,286	752
Westmeath Div	1,616	1,878	1,413	2,156	3,177	2,776	1,097
Wexford Div	5,318	5,275	2,907	2,775	3,126	2,818	729
Wicklow Div	4,126	3,900	3,589	2,574	10,118	7,418	1,021
Cavan/Monaghan	4,386	2,455	2,073	2,150	4,305	3,617	1,425
Donegal	3,447	1,861	1,825	1,388	2,163	1,803	657
Galway Div	5,845	5,801	3,857	4,258	10,049	8,042	2,929
Louth Div	1,699	1,478	1,265	852	1,669	1,758	495
Mayo	2,936	3,238	2,241	2,580	1,631	1,518	554
Roscommon/Longford Div	3,781	3,714	1,429	1,605	3,081	1,905	346
Sligo/Leitrim	3,867	2,434	1,665	1,386	1,057	1,857	437
Clare	3,754	2,971	2,475	2,057	1,521	1,634	577
Cork City	3,880	2,790	1,515	1,958	4,435	9,408	2,996
Cork North	4,578	1,693	1,832	1,710	3,099	3,317	1,558
Cork West	3,025	2,020	3,675	3,336	2,564	2,896	1,099
Kerry	4,942	2,392	2,346	2,339	1,814	1,575	536
Limerick	9,712	5,914	5,898	5,322	4,487	6,050	2,308
Tipperary	6,324	2,872	1,767	1,474	3,005	3,497	1,451
National Total	134,953	103,741	80,443	75,035	110,025	108,091	33,315

*2022 figure is from 01/01/2022 to 10/05/2022.

All figures are operational and subject to change. Figures are as available on the FCPS system at 01:30 on 10/05/2022.