Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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Question 110: To ask the Minister for Transport when he intends activating the remaining non-commenced penalty points categories, and the further additions he intends making to this list. [16227/06]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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The roll-out of the penalty points system to the range of offences set out in the Schedules to the Road Traffic Act 2002 was commenced in October 2002. It was progressed further in 2003, 2004, and significantly extended from 3 April 2006. The total number of offences to which the penalty point system now applies is 35.

The progressive extension of the penalty point system will continue to be pursued and additional offences may be included at some stage in the future. I have no definitive timeframe in mind at this point in relation to the remaining offences.