Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 615: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the resources which are planned for the first three months to ensure that high enforcement accompanies public awareness of the new penalty points offences. [14453/06]

Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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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 that 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 are continuing to operate the penalty point advertising campaign "Get the Point, Not the Points" on television, radio and on the road network in order to promote awareness among road users of the penalty point system.