Written answers
Tuesday, 25 April 2006
Department of Transport
Road Traffic Offences
9:00 pm
Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 483: To ask the Minister for Transport the plans he has put in place to publicise the new penalty points offences. [14453/06]
Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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The National Safety Council, NSC, as the agency mandated with responsibility for road safety education and information, operates a dedicated penalty point website www.penaltypoints.ie. I understand the website has recently been redesigned-updated in the context of the extension of the penalty point system.
In addition, the NSC ran a public education/ awareness campaign about the new penalty points offences, which took place from the end of March in the lead up to the 3 April 2006 date for the extension of the penalty points system. The campaign included newspaper advertisements outlining the details of the new offences.
Furthermore, the council is continuing to operate the penalty point advertising campaign, entitled "Get the Point, Not the Points", on television, radio and on the road network, to promote awareness amongst road users of the penalty point system.
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