Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Independent)
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615. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 89 of 24 June 2014, if agreement has been reached on the implementation plan and costings in relation to the substantial technical and administrative arrangements required to effectively implement section 44 of the Road Traffic Act 2010; and when the new system will be in place in order that section 44 can be brought into force. [33644/14]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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A subgroup of the Criminal Justice (Fixed Charge Processing System) Working Group is continuing to examine how best to bring this provision into effect and has drafted an outline implementation plan, including a preliminary financial analysis. While it is not possible to indicate a precise date for implementation, this matter will be progressed as quickly as possible under the auspices of the Working Group.

Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Independent)
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616. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drivers summoned to court from January 2013 to June 2014 under the Road Traffic Acts for offences attracting penalty points; the number of these persons convicted on foot of the summons served in this period; and the number of persons who claimed they did not receive a fixed charge penalty notice relating to the penalty points offence and therefore had their charges dismissed. [33645/14]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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The Deputy will be aware that, under the provisions of the Courts Service Act 1998, management of the courts is the responsibility of the Courts Service and I have no role in the matter. Section 4(3) of the 1998 Act provides that the Courts Service is independent in the performance of its functions, which includes the provision of information on the courts system.

However, in order to be of assistance to the Deputy, I have had enquiries made and the table below provides details of the number of defendants summonsed to appear before the court in 2013 and 2014 and convicted for failure to pay a fixed charge penalty notice within 56 days of receipt of the notice. In this regard it should be noted that judges are independent in the exercise of their judicial functions, subject only to the Constitution and the law. The Courts Service has advised that statistics are not compiled in such a way as to provide details of the number of persons who claimed they did not receive a fixed charge penalty notice relating to the penalty points offence.