Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein)
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620. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drivers who were summoned to court for driving without a licence per district court in 2021 and to date in 2022; the number convicted per district court in each year; and the fines imposed per District Court in each year. [28085/22]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy is aware, under the provisions of the Courts Service Act 1998, management of the Courts is the responsibility of the Courts Service, which is independent in exercising its functions, which include the provision of information on the Courts system. However, in order to be of assistance to the Deputy, I have made enquiries with the Courts Service. 

The two reports below, provided by the Courts Service, one ranging from January 2021 to December 2021, and a second report ranging from January 2022 to March 2022 (the latest date for when figures are available), lay out the number of persons listed in Court (summonsed), the number of persons convicted and the number of persons fined by District Court area for the offence of driving without a licence.

For the Deputy's information, the Courts Service provides a dedicated email address for queries from Deputies - oireacthasenquiries@courts.ie. 

Report 1:  Jan – Dec 2021

In incidences where a Court Area is absent from the above reports, this should be read as a zero figure for the offence for that Court Area.