Written answers
Tuesday, 22 November 2005
Department of Transport
Road Traffic Offences
10:00 pm
Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 422: To ask the Minister for Transport the top ten areas in the country where penalty points have been accumulated since the introduction of the system by the Garda Síochána; the number of points attributed to each location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35167/05]
Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table. This information is supplied by the Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government who are responsible for the national vehicle and driver file, which contains the driver records on which penalty points are recorded.
Number of penalty points attributed by county since introduction of penalty points system to 18 November 2005. | |||
County | Total number of points attributed | Number of drivers attributed points | Top ten |
Dublin City and County | 176,967 | 88,091 | 1st |
Cork City and County | 55,941 | 27,909 | 2nd |
Kildare | 31,301 | 15,618 | 3rd |
Meath | 25,135 | 12,538 | 4th |
Limerick City and County | 23,250 | 11,659 | 5th |
Galway | 22,263 | 11,124 | 6th |
Wicklow | 19,769 | 9,863 | 7th |
Wexford | 18,989 | 9,404 | 8th |
Tipperary North and South | 18,422 | 9,226 | 9th |
Louth | 15,832 | 7,904 | 10th |
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