Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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644. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of fines issued to uninsured motorists per year in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9639/22]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy will be aware, the Central Statistics Office (CSO), as the national statistical agency, is responsible for the compilation and publication of all crime statistics. The CSO produces these statistics using data recorded on An Garda Síochána’s PULSE system and makes regular releases under reservation in relation to various crime statistics. The CSO also continues to work with An Garda Síochána to address quality issues in the underlying sources used to compile the statistics.

For the Deputy's information, statistics regarding the total number of fines issued to uninsured motorists are publicly available at the following link:

www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-rcd/recordedcrimedetection2020/fixedpaymentoffences/

To be of assistance, the following table outlines the number of Fixed Payment offences issued by An Garda Síochána for no insurance in the years 2017 - 2020. I am advised by the CSO that figures for 2021 are not yet available and are usually published in the fourth quarter of each year.