Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 20 June 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Disqualified Drivers: Discussion

1:30 pm

Photo of Robert TroyRobert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I refer to the number of people who are disqualified or surrender their licence. There are ways one can lose one's licence. One can go before the courts for a driving offence, including drink driving, erratic behaviour, speeding, etc., or there is the accumulation of points under the penalty points system. The number of people who surrender their licences under the penalty points system is much higher than those who surrender them having appeared before the courts. Over the past four years, on average, only 12% of people who have lost their licences in court have surrendered them.

How many people were prosecuted in 2016 and 2017? I am not talking about the figures where the prosecutions commenced. What were the penalties?

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