Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 5 April 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

General Scheme of Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty - Drink Driving) Bill 2017: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport

9:00 am

Photo of Brendan GriffinBrendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I would imagine the reason the Minister has the highest rate of payment with the penalty points and fine option and the lowest rate with the option with the higher off-the-road period is not a coincidence. It is something that needs to be factored in by both the Department of Justice and Equality and the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport. If one has 20% more court cases in the year, even based on the current figures, that is an extra 150 court cases. That is extra Garda Traffic Corps time in the courts and longer periods for waiting for disqualification. I am merely asking could one be into diminishing returns in certain areas here as a result of the change.

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