Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick, Fine Gael)
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114. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos 494 of 26 November, 2013 and No. 558 of 18 February 2014 if the Garda authorities have now finalised a reply; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47464/14]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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For ease of reference, the information originally sought by the Deputy is as follows:

'To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide details in tabular form by county the number of penalty points issued to persons as a result of detection by the speed camera vans since their introduction; the amount of revenue that has been raised as a result; if all the revenue has been returned to the Exchequer; the amount of fines levied which is overdue by more than three months; the proportion of those detections that were made in 50, 60, 100 and 120 km/h zones; and if he will make a statement on the matter.'

In order to respond to the Deputy's question, a number of reports were obtained from An Garda Síochána and the Courts Service, which required clarification in certain respects, hence the delay in responding to the Deputy's queries.

The Deputy will be aware that the recording of penalty points is the responsibility of the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport and the Road Safety Authority. However, I can inform Deputy that the number of Fixed Charge Notices issued as a result of detection for speeding by speed camera vans, by county, and by speed limit zone, are set out in the attached table.It should be noted that separate figures for GoSafe safety camera detections and detections by An Garda Síochána camera vans are not readily available.

Insofar as payments received in respect of Fixed Charge Notices issued as a result of detections by GoSafe safety cameras are concerned, I am informed that a total of €18.9m was received in the period November 2010 to the end of June 2014. This income is retained and off set against the cost of the safety camera contract.

In addition, as the Deputy will be aware, a speeding detection may proceed to court and may therefore result in the imposition of a fine. I have been informed by the Courts Service that from February 2011 to date, 6,911 fines totalling €1,259,288 have been imposed by the Courts in respect of detections relating to GoSafe safety camera vans. 1,184 fines, totalling €286,060, are overdue by more than 3 months as of 9 December 2014.

Details by County and Speed per Km/H of the Number of Fixed Charge Notices as a result of detection by all speed camera vans November 2010 to February 2014 Speed Limit per Kilometre per Hour