Written answers
Thursday, 21 July 2011
Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
Road Traffic Offences
7:00 pm
Joe McHugh (Donegal North East, Fine Gael)
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Question 754: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of motor vehicles caught breaking speed limits since 2009 in tabular format on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22567/11]
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The tabular statement below provides a breakdown on a County basis of the number of penalty points incidents entered to the National Vehicle and Driver File (NVDF) as a result of speeding offences notified to my Department by An Garda Síochána and the Courts Service.
My Department does not have details on the number of speeding detections.
Number of Drivers with Penalty Points applied for Speeding. | |||
COUNTY | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 (Jan - June) |
CARLOW | 1,633 | 1,355 | 1,335 |
CAVAN | 1,837 | 1,909 | 1,458 |
CLARE | 4,775 | 2,817 | 3,708 |
CORK | 11,307 | 8,952 | 7,945 |
DONEGAL | 3,085 | 3,763 | 2,039 |
GALWAY | 5,202 | 4,702 | 4,421 |
KERRY | 2,661 | 1,805 | 2,475 |
KILDARE | 8,894 | 7,131 | 4,953 |
KILKENNY | 3,422 | 3,177 | 2,027 |
LAOIS | 2,683 | 1,428 | 1,036 |
LEITRIM | 1,214 | 1,127 | 489 |
LIMERICK | 3,516 | 3,270 | 3,408 |
LONGFORD | 1,065 | 766 | 778 |
LOUTH | 2,462 | 2,753 | 2,075 |
MAYO | 3,309 | 2,568 | 1,831 |
MEATH | 5,299 | 5,169 | 3,974 |
MONAGHAN | 1,495 | 1,355 | 821 |
OFFALY | 2,624 | 1,315 | 1,155 |
ROSCOMMON | 1,949 | 1,939 | 1,201 |
SLIGO | 2,861 | 2,699 | 856 |
NORTH TIPPERARY | 3,077 | 1,477 | 1,293 |
SOUTH TIPPERARY | 2,938 | 1,915 | 1,500 |
WATERFORD | 2,701 | 1,531 | 1,592 |
WESTMEATH | 2,038 | 1,442 | 1,408 |
WEXFORD | 4,829 | 6,149 | 2,583 |
WICKLOW | 4,385 | 5,429 | 3,078 |
DUBLIN | 24,980 | 30,332 | 19,985 |
LIMERICK CITY COUNCIL | 1,094 | 895 | 1,366 |
WATERFORD CITY COUNCIL | 1,910 | 1,148 | 1,172 |
NO DRIVER NUMBER | 26,237 | 20,896 | 13,678 |
TOTAL | 145,482 | 131,214 | 95,640 |
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