Written answers
Tuesday, 21 February 2012
Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
Road Traffic Offences
9:00 pm
Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)
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Question 542: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the income generated in road traffic fines and penalties to the State each year since 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9809/12]
Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The collection of payments under the Fixed Charge Processing System was outsourced to An Post in January 2006.
I am informed by the Garda authorities that information provided by An Post details the amount collected in respect of all fixed charge offence notices (road traffic, public order etc.) that attract penalty points and those that do not. These are referred to as Declaration Notices and Non-Declaration Notices respectively. The amounts collected in respect of Declaration Notices and Non-Declaration Notices for each of the years from 2006 up to 10 February 2012 are shown below.
Fixed Charge Offences
| Gross Amount Collected | An Post Charges | Total Amount Collectedfor all Notices | ||
| Year | Declaration | Non-Declaration | All Notices | |
| 2012(to 10/02/2012) | €1,894,440 | €514,870 | €55,523 | €2,353,787 |
| 2011 | €19,796,090 | €4,682,380 | €1,192,849 | €23,285,621 |
| 2010 | €14,456,460 | €5,428,710 | €814,105 | €19,071,065 |
| 2009 | €16,041,980 | €5,921,230 | €1,175,410 | €20,787,800 |
| 2008 | €16,535,460 | €6,132,840 | €934,648 | €21,733,652 |
| 2007 | €17,256,580 | €5,622,300 | €1,011,589 | €21,867,291 |
| 2006 | €11,451,440 | €2,870,120 | €379,251 | €13,942,309 |
The amounts received in respect of Road Traffic Fines imposed by the Courts from 2006 to January 2012 are as follows:
| 2012 (January) | €0.881m |
| 2011 | €9.488m |
| 2010 | €11.372m |
| 2009 | €15.665m |
| 2008 | €14.733m |
| 2007 | €12.806m |
| 2006 | €7.171m |
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