Mr. Sean O'Reardon:

Between 70% and 75% of the overall notices are paid straight away. A person has up to 28 days to pay and there is another option to pay up to day 56 at an increased penalty. A further 8% generally pay at that stage. There is another option to pay up to a week before going to court and another 4% pay then. I have statistics for the past few years and, on average, 88% are paid prior to court and only 12% go to court. These are the statistics for speeding offences from the fixed charge processing office in Tipperary. It takes in the work of GoSafe vans and gardaí.