Written answers

Tuesday, 29 April 2025

Department of Justice and Equality

An Garda Síochána

Photo of Mark WallMark Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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1530. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide the number of fixed charge notices issued by Gardaí for the offence of ‘learner driver unaccompanied by a qualified driver’, by county, in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18896/25]

Photo of Jim O'CallaghanJim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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The Garda Commissioner is responsible, by law, for all operational policing matters, including roads policing.

I can advise the Deputy that the table appended to this answer gives the yearly breakdown of Fixed Charge Notices issued by Gardaí for the offence of learner driver unaccompanied by a qualified driver for the past 5 years, broken down by Garda Division.

2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025*
Clare/Tipperary 290 360 347 359 323 81
Cork City 286 323 318 441 566 96
Cork County 397 477 394 447 525 150
D.M.R. Eastern 103 103 153 166 209 61
D.M.R. North Central 197 206 280 334 556 163
D.M.R. Northern 377 636 604 920 968 227
D.M.R. South Central 276 346 410 365 581 221
D.M.R. Southern 454 407 521 599 630 176
D.M.R. Western 835 1064 1188 1154 1516 407
Donegal 86 159 78 90 137 35
Galway Div 220 227 291 339 402 104
Kerry 105 101 122 173 283 66
Kildare Div 499 559 454 505 676 144
Laois/Offaly 357 451 322 418 446 89
Limerick 244 228 269 243 355 51
Louth/Cavan/Monaghan 304 281 372 381 381 74
Mayo/Roscommon/Longford 261 244 257 261 265 66
Meath/Westmeath 306 409 280 373 311 88
Sligo/Leitrim 36 68 60 68 133 29
Waterford/Kilkenny/Carlow 565 592 541 655 732 148
Wexford/Wicklow 687 582 519 524 581 118
Grand Total 6885 7823 7780 8815 10576 2594
* Figures for 2025 cover the period from 1 January 2025 to 31 March 2025.

Figures are based on incidents which occurred from 1 January 2020 to 31 March 2025, inclusive. All information contained above is based upon operational data from the FCPS system as was available on 10 April 2025 and is liable to change.

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