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Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 7 October 2021

Thursday, 7 October 2021

Ceisteanna (342)

Patrick Costello

Ceist:

342. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the breakdown of fixed charge penalty notices issued for illegal parking offences issued in 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021 with a breakdown of such notices issued per offence in each period, for example, parking on a footpath, parking at a bus stop, parking on a cycle lane and so on. [48835/21]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Justice

I have requested the details sought by the Deputy from the Garda authorities, but unfortunately it has not been possible to compile the information in time. I will contact the Deputy directly when this information is to hand.

The following deferred reply was received under Standing Order 51

I refer to your Parliamentary Question (No. 342 of 7 October 2021 ) where you sought: “….the breakdown of fixed charge penalty notices issued for illegal parking offences issued in 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021 with a breakdown of such notices issued per offence in each period”.

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

The table below, furnished to me by the Garda authorities, outlines the yearly breakdown of instances in which a party was issued with a Fixed Charge Notice for the offences of illegal parking.

It is worth noting these figures are taken from PULSE as of 30/09/2021; they are operational and liable to change. Figures for groups with less than 10 records are not included.

	2018	2019	2020	2021
Parking in a space designated for public service vehicles	4927	4495	2684	1411
Park in a Clearway/Disabled Bay	3410	3703	2842	2124
Parking on double/single/continuous white/yellow line	14502	14447	15898	11175
Parking in a restricted parking area	434	385	370	287
Parking close to road junction	427	423	411	257
Parking in a manner that obstructs an emergency vehicle	61	44	34	28
Parking in a manner that obstructs the entrance/exit to a premises/school	306	308	318	228
Parking too close to a pedestrianised zone/crossing	137	124	111	65
Parking too close to traffic lights	31	23	15	<10
Parking on a footway/margin/median strip/trading area	5667	5439	5789	5152
Parking in a manner that obstructs/interferes with/endangers the flow of traffic	1303	1408	2051	1935
Dangerous Parking	59	52	43	36

I hope that this information is of assistance.