Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry South, Independent)
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Question 464: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a breakdown, by county, for the period of October 2010 to October 2011 of the amount of money accrued from fines that persons were caught speeding by the speed camera vans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34739/11]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The objective of the outsourced Garda mobile safety camera network is to reduce the number of speed related collisions and so save lives and prevent serious injury, as excessive or inappropriate speeding is a major factor in road traffic collisions. Based on an extensive analysis by An Garda Síochána, in conjunction with the National Roads Authority, of the collision history of the road network, a list of speed enforcement zones has been developed. The locations of these zones are in the public domain, including on the Garda website www.garda.ie. An Garda Síochána utilises these zones to direct speed enforcement activity, including activity by the outsourced safety camera service provider. The service provider is paid on the basis of enforcement and surveying hours conducted, and the rates are not linked in any way to the number of detections made.

The collection of payments made on foot of fixed charge notices issued for road traffic offences, including speeding offences detected by both An Garda Síochána and the service provider, was outsourced to An Post in January 2006. I am advised that it is not possible to provide the specific information requested on the amounts paid in respect of fixed charge notices issued in relation to speeding detected by the service provider without a disproportionate use of resources.