Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail)
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235. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of court prosecutions initiated by the Health and Safety Authority in each of the years 2014 to 2018; the result of each of these court cases; the number and values of fines issued in each year; the value of fines collected each year; the value of fines still outstanding in respect of these prosecutions; the arrangements in place to collect the outstanding fines; if she will provide an age analysis of these outstanding fines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15332/19]

Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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It is the Director of Public Prosecutions who takes prosecutions on behalf of the Health and Safety Authority. These can be taken at two levels in the Courts i.e. on Indictment in the Circuit Court before a Jury and Summarily before a Judge in the District Court.

The Circuit Court can impose fines on conviction up to €3 million per count or imprisonment up to 2 years, while the District Court can have on conviction fines up to €5,000 per count or imprisonment up to 6 months.

Material on the number of court prosecutions initiated in each of the years 2014 to 2018, the result of these court cases and the number and value of fines issued is set out in the table;

In relation to the value of fines collected and outstanding it should be noted that fines imposed by the Courts do not go to the Health and Safety Authority. Collecting court fines is a matter for the Court Services and the Health and Safety Authority does not have any information regarding fines collected/outstanding.