Written answers

Tuesday, 22 November 2005

Department of Transport

Road Traffic Offences

10:00 pm

Photo of Richard BrutonRichard 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]

Photo of Martin CullenMartin 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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