Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 4 October 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Enforcement of Road Traffic Offences: Discussion

Mr. Peter Collins:

Regarding the Port Tunnel, there is 99% compliance. It is like Ms Hilman said; if people know there is a penalty, they will behave. With some of the fixed-charge notices or tickets from Dublin City Council's parking department, the numbers are very low. There is one ticket given per day for parking in a clearway. Between June 2021 and January 2022, there were 13 fines given for parking in a cycle lane. The violations are huge in comparison with the detections or fines that are given out. In the same period of June 2021 to January 2022, 14 fines were given by DSPS for parking on a double-yellow line. While there are detections, they are minimal. We are not even scratching the surface of the number of violations we see every day when walking, cycling or travelling on a bus. It is rampant. That is where the problem is. We can only expect to see numbers go up if the violations are actually detected and closed in on.