An Garda Síochána

Monday, 11 September 2023

Questions (1239)

Niall Collins

Question:

1239. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Justice to provide an analysis of data provided by An Garda Síochána for speed monitoring on national slow down day (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39295/23]

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Written answers

Minister for Justice

I have contacted An Garda Síochána for the information requested by the Deputy, regretfully this information was not available in time. I will write to the Deputy once the information is to hand.

The following deferred reply was received under Standing Order 51

I refer to Parliamentary Question No. 1239 of 11 September 2023 where you sought: “To ask the Minister for Justice to provide an analysis of data provided by An Garda Síochána for speed monitoring on national slow down day (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter”.

As you will recall, I had sought the information you requested from the Garda authorities, and undertook to contact you again once the information was to hand.

As you will be aware, under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the administration and management of An Garda Síochána, which includes the enforcement of road traffic legislation and the recording of information on Garda IT systems. As Minister, I have no role in such matters.

However, to be of assistance I sought the information requested from An Garda Síochána and I now advised that 150,912 vehicles were checked on National Slow Down Day.

The figure of “149,488 vehicles checked” which was referenced in your question is a provisional figure.

The figure of “865 vehicles detected” was a figure provided immediately after the Slow Down Day. This figure has now increased due to subsequent input by Garda members of further intercept Fixed Charge Notices (FCN’s).

The non-intercept figures are provided by GoSafe and the intercept figures are provided by the Garda Síochána Analysis Service (GSAS) as of the 11 September 2023. Please be advised that all figures are operational, provisional and subject to change.

The tables below, provided to me by the Garda authorities, set out Non-Intercept (GoSafe) vehicles checked and detections by County from 4 September 2023 up to the 5 September 2023.

Detections By County (Non-Intercept GoSafe)

Speed Limit	50	60	80	100	120
Carlow				1	2
Cavan	7	12		6
Clare			1		8
Cork	23		9	17	4
Donegal		17		3
Dublin	12			4	4
Galway	12		1		17
Kerry				1
Kildare			5		11
Kilkenny				3	7
Laois					8
Leitrim			2	2
Limerick		1	13	9
Longford	1
Louth		2		6	9
Mayo				3
Meath				1
Monaghan	3	4	6
Offaly				1
Sligo
Tipperary			1	1	13
Waterford			2	1
Westmeath			1	14	17
Wexford	1		4	11
Wicklow				29	9
Total	59	36	45	113	109

Vehicles Checked by County (Non-Intercept GoSafe)

Speed Limit	50	60	80	100	120
Carlow				51	71
Cavan	542	2,009		2,236
Clare			67	1,558	4,043
Cork	2,529		3,495	11,577	1,645
Donegal		1,586		4,309
Dublin	1,262			3,614	2,324
Galway	2,764		265	725	2,965
Kerry			690	4,807
Kildare			3,397		9,449
Kilkenny			148	4,239	2,529
Laois				2,053	2,165
Leitrim			111	83
Limerick	971	1,591	2,930	6,132
Longford	1,322
Louth	79	574		2,464	6,212
Mayo			119	4,385
Meath	9			1,261
Monaghan	2,697	1,895	1,153
Offaly			644	1,470
Sligo	1,348	5	103	625
Tipperary			872	5,107	2,348
Waterford			3,296	1,260
Westmeath			1,144	1,930	4,884
Wexford	460		551	8,509
Wicklow				1,792	1,462
Total	13,983	7,660	18,985	70,187	40,097

*All figures are operational, provisional and subject to change.

The table below sets out detections by Garda Division.

Speed Limit (km/h)	<=50	60	80	100	120	Total
Cavan/Monaghan	4	0	0	7	0	11
Clare/Tipperary	54	2	5	2	19	82
Cork City	6	10	0	4	0	20
Cork North	3	0	0	0	11	14
Cork West	10	0	2	4	0	16
D.M.R. Eastern	0	4	0	0	0	4
D.M.R. North Central	9	0	0	0	0	9
D.M.R. North	0	13	0	0	0	13
D.M.R. South Central	0	2	0	0	0	2
D.M.R. Southern	12	7	0	4	0	23
D.M.R. Western	0	8	0	0	0	8
Donegal	1	3	4	6	0	14
Galway	13	8	0	6	2	29
Kerry	19	1	0	4	0	24
Kildare	18	11	25	0	1	55
Kilkenny/Carlow	46	1	1	0	9	57
Laois/Offaly	10	0	6	0	3	19
Limerick	3	5	3	1	4	16
Louth	0	3	1	1	13	18
Mayo/Roscommon/Longford	17	25	4	3	3	52
Meath	14	12	2	0	2	30
Sligo/Leitrim	5	0	0	1	0	6
Waterford	2	1	1	3	0	7
Westmeath	0	0	0	11	5	16
Wexford	1	3	3	5	0	12
Wicklow	3	2	7	1	0	13
Total	250	121	64	63	72	570

*All figures are operational, provisional and subject to change.