Mary Upton (Dublin South Central, Labour)
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Question 117: To ask the Minister for Transport if the road traffic legislation currently requires for cyclists to be adequately lit up at night; if this legislation exists; if it is not legislation, his plans to introduce such legislation with penalties to act as an incentive to ensure all cyclists are lit up; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5417/09]

Noel Ahern (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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The regulations governing the requirement for cyclists to be adequately lit up at night are the Road Traffic (Lighting of Vehicles) Regulations, 1963.

Where a person is guilty of an offence under these regulations, the penalties are set out in the Road Traffic Act 2006, the penalty for a first offence is a fine not exceeding €1,000, for a second offence a fine not exceeding €2,000 and for a third or subsequent offence a fine not exceeding €2,000 and/or a term of imprisonment not exceeding 3 months.

I have no plans to review these penalties at present.