Traffic Fines
Dail Éireann — 2024-06-20
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Aindrias Moynihan (FF), Cork North-West

I thank the Minister of State. This issue has been raised with me by a number of people, including representatives of disability groups and mothers with buggies who find, for example, a car parked, blocking the path or blocking a disabled parking space. This is pretty much sticking the finger up to the public. People will take whatever space they want. Even if a ticket is issued, the feeling is that the same person will stick it up to the judicial system afterwards and refuse to pay.
I am shocked that there is more than €8 million sitting there that has not been collected in those fines. It is a big deal for a fine to get as far as being court-imposed because, as the Minister of State said, there is a great deal of compliance. Most people, when they get a ticket, they pay it. What efforts are being made to ensure those funds are collected and the penalty is imposed? Are there attachments to people's earnings? Is there community service or some clear effort to collect those funds?

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Sitting date: 2024-06-20