Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 162: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of penalty points already imposed; the number of cases in respect of which maximum points have been imposed; the consequences of same; the number of cases that have been legally contested; the result of such cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24666/07]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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At the end of September 2007, a total of 469,117 drivers had received penalty points on their driving licence record. A driver who accumulates 12 or more penalty points in a three-year period is disqualified from holding a driving licence for a period of 6 months. At the end of September there were 86 drivers currently on 12 penalty points resulting in 6 months disqualification. The compilation of statistics on road traffic offences in relation to the level of prosecutions taken, details of cases contested, the number of court convictions or of any other outcome are matters for the Garda Síochána and the Courts Service respectively.