Written answers
Wednesday, 8 July 2015
Department of Justice and Equality
Road Traffic Offences
Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Independent)
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124. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 112 of 27 May 2015 regarding the offence of holding a mobile telephone while driving; if she has this information to hand; if it will be made available to this Deputy prior to the Summer recess; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27875/15]
Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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Further to the Parliamentary Question No. 112 of 27 May 2015 updated figures are now available. For the period 1 January 2013 - 11 June 2015, 74,485 fixed charge notices were issued for the offence of holding a mobile phone. The following table sets out the outcomes of those fixed charge notices. It should be noted that figures provided are provisional, operational and subject to change.
Paid/Not Paid | No. |
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Paid | 56,594 |
Not Paid | 17,891 |
Total | 74,485 |
Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Independent)
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125. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 108 of 27 May 2015 regarding Operation Learner Driver; if she has this information to hand; if it will be made available to this Deputy prior to the Summer recess; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27876/15]
Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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I am informed by the Garda authorities, that the most recent Operation Learner Driver took place on 20 May, 2015. I am further informed that while the total number of vehicles stopped under this operation is not available, the following table details the Fixed Charge Notices that were issued for offences detected during the national operation.
Provisional Learner Driver Failing to Display L Plates on a Vehicle | Learner Driver Unaccompanied by a Qualified Driver |
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17 | 43 |
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