Tom Hayes (Tipperary South, Fine Gael)
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Question 22: To ask the Minister for Transport if he is developing proposals, in conjunction with other relevant parties, to overcome the large percentage of drivers who receive penalty points but which are never applied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35829/06]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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Under the Road Safety Authority Act 2006 (Conferral of Functions) Order 2006 (S.I. No. 477 of 2006) the Road Safety Authority now has responsibility for the endorsement of penalty points on licence records.

The operation of the penalty point system is kept under review by all the State Agencies involved including my Department, An Garda Síochána, the Court Service, the Vehicle Registration Unit of the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, the Road Safety Authority and the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform through a working group chaired by the latter Department. Where improvement is desirable this will be pursued.