Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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Question 192: To ask the Minister for Transport the extent to which driver retraining or rehabilitation may be applied by the courts as an alternative penalty for road traffic violations; and his policy in increasing the options open to the courts in respect of such offenders. [20264/06]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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The Road Traffic Acts establish a range of offences and penalties that can be applied for breaches of legislation. These range from the payment of a fixed charge or an on-the-spot-fine in respect of specified offences in lieu of court proceedings, to a fine, imprisonment or driver disqualification on conviction in Court. I have received no proposals for adding to the Road Traffic Acts other types of penalties for road traffic offences.

The extent to which driver retraining or rehabilitation may be applied by the Courts, in addition to the types of penalty mentioned above, is a matter for the Courts.