Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 281: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 737 of 16 September 2009, if the amount of money accruing to the Exchequer from the imposition of fixed charges is known; if a head or subhead reflects such records; if a specific sum is ever recorded in such cases; the way it has been found possible to make budgetary provision for such services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35900/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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All moneys accruing from fixed charges for traffic offences are surrendered to the Exchequer as extra exchequer receipts and do not enter any Vote. Budgetary provision for the detection of traffic offences is made in the Garda Vote. I am informed by the Garda authorities that the following table shows the amount of revenue accruing to the Exchequer from fixed charge notices for 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 up to 11 September.

up to 11 September

Information on revenue accruing on foot of payments for fixed charge notices prior to 2006 is not readily available and could only be obtained by the expenditure of a disproportionate amount of staff time and resources.