Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)
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Question 508: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine if he has considered reviewing the level of penalty points awarded for driving while using a mobile phone in view of the high number of recorded offences of drivers using mobile phones; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20910/07]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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The Road Traffic Act 2006 provides that a driver who receives a fixed charge notice in respect of driving while holding a mobile phone and opts to pay that fixed charge receives 2 penalty points. A person who is convicted of this offence in court receives 4 penalty points. I have no proposals under consideration to pursue legislative amendments to revise that position.