John O'Mahony (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 866: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the monetary value accruing to the State through the imposition of penalty points throughout the country since their introduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11687/08]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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Separate information on revenue accruing on foot of payments from fixed charge notices and court fines with which penalty points were imposed since their introduction is not readily available and could only be obtained by the expenditure of a disproportionate amount of staff time and resources. Responsibility for the collection of payments under the Fixed Charge Processing System (FCPS) was outsourced to An Post in January 2006. I can inform the Deputy that in 2006 €14.3 million was collected by An Post in respect of fixed charge notices and in 2007 €22.9 million was collected. It should be noted that not all fixed charge notices attract penalty points. The revenue accruing to the Courts Vote under the Road Traffic Acts in 2006 was €13.4 million and in 2007 €12.8 million was collected. These amounts are in respect of all offences under the Road Traffic Acts inclusive of fixed charges. All monies received are surrendered to the Exchequer as extra exchequer receipts and are accounted for in the Appropriation Accounts.