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During 2019, a total of 191,104 penalty point endorsement notices were issued, an increase of 7.9% on the previous year. Almost two thirds (64.3%) of all penalty point endorsement notices issued in 2019 were for speeding.
Males incurred almost twice as many penalty point endorsement notices as females in 2019. Of the 163,118 endorsement notices where gender was recorded, males incurred 108,023 (66.2%) penalty point endorsement notices while females incurred 55,095 (33.8%) notices.
In 2019, men incurred proportionally more penalty point endorsement notices for speeding than women (70.3% vs 64.7%), while men incurred proportionally more notices for holding a mobile phone while driving than women (15.9% vs 13.0%).
There were 864 drivers with 12 penalty points on their licences on 31st December 2019, of which 122 drivers received all 12 penalty points in 2019. The total number of drivers with penalty points on their licences was 511,084.

	Penalty point endorsement notices by offence type, 2019
Speeding	64.3
Driving a vehicle while holding a mobile phone	14.2
Other	21.5

	Penalty endorsement notices by offence type, 2018
Speeding	63.3
Driving a vehicle while holding a mobile phone	14.9
Other	21.8

Penalty points

Table 3.1 Key figures for penalty point endorsement notices, 2018 and 2019
Number and rate
Offence type	2018	2019	% Change 2018-2019
Male	98,993	108,023	9.1
Female	50,460	55,095	9.2
No gender recorded	27,639	27,986	1.3
Total endorsement notices issued	177,092	191,104	7.9
Sources: Department of Transport, Tourism & Sport and Road Safety Authority

Open in Excel: Transport Omnibus 2019 Table 3.1 (XLS 9KB)

Table 3.2 Number of penalty points¹ recorded by county at 31 December 2018 and 2019
County	2018	2019	% Change 2018-2019
Carlow	8,053	7,958	-1.2
Cavan	9,216	9,377	1.7
Clare	19,618	18,872	-3.8
Cork	63,614	62,028	-2.5
Donegal	13,382	13,665	2.1
Dublin	130,478	131,220	0.6
Galway	34,829	34,700	-0.4
Kerry	17,544	17,580	0.2
Kildare	30,054	29,134	-3.1
Kilkenny	12,654	11,613	-8.2
Laois	12,226	12,197	-0.2
Leitrim	3,369	3,394	0.7
Limerick	27,959	28,165	0.7
Longford	5,610	5,968	6.4
Louth	11,304	11,600	2.6
Mayo	14,371	16,582	15.4
Meath	24,639	23,649	-4.0
Monaghan	7,909	7,602	-3.9
Offaly	10,078	10,426	3.5
Roscommon	8,508	8,458	-0.6
Sligo	6,956	7,176	3.2
Tipperary	22,215	19,599	-11.8
Waterford	14,673	14,597	-0.5
Westmeath	10,449	10,556	1.0
Wexford	24,961	24,875	-0.3
Wicklow	19,004	19,622	3.3
Foreign licence holders²	63,803	59,678	-6.5
Unknown³	668	769	15.1
Total	628,144	621,060	-1.1
Sources: Department of Transport, Tourism & Sport and Road Safety Authority
¹ Penalty points are recorded on the offender’s driving licence and remain on the licence for a period of three years.
² Drivers who produce a valid foreign licence and have an Irish address.
³ Unknown refers to non-resident drivers who pay on the spot penalty fines.

Open in Excel: Transport Omnibus 2019 Table 3.2 (XLS 11KB)

Table 3.3 Top 20 penalty point endorsement notices issued, 2018 and 2019
				Number and rate
Offence type	Penalty points on payment	Penalty points on conviction	2018	2019	% Change 2018-2019
Speeding	3	5	112,096	122,893	9.6
Driving a vehicle while holding a mobile phone	3	5	26,355	27,073	2.7
Use vehicle without NCT certificate	3	5	5,717	6,586	15.2
Driving without reasonable consideration	2	4	4,711	5,270	11.9
No insurance - (user)	m*	5	4,498	4,334	-3.6
Fail to obey traffic lights	3	5	3,687	4,314	17.0
Adult Failing to wear Safety Belt cat. M1 Vehicle	3	5	4,336	4,107	-5.3
Learner driver unaccompanied by a qualified driver	2	4	2,656	3,312	24.7
Non-Display of L Plate (Learner Driver)	2	4	1,310	1,445	10.3
Adult Failing to wear Safety Belt cat. N1 Vehicle	3	5	1,085	1,332	22.8
Fail to comply with prohibitory traffic signs	1	3	1,178	1,241	5.3
Cross continuous white line/broken white line	3	5	948	1,055	11.3
Offence relating to Overtaking	3	5	628	648	3.2
Careless Driving	m*	5	656	624	-4.9
Driver Fail Restrain Child O/3 in Child Restraint	3	5	513	604	17.7
Dangerous Driving Reduced to Careless Driving	3	5	602	544	-9.6
Non-Display of N plate (Novice driver)	2	4	299	535	78.9
Driver Fail ensure Passenger U/17 wear Safety Belt	3	5	468	534	14.1
Adult Failing to wear Safety Belt cat. N3 Vehicle	3	5	384	480	25.0
Adult Failing to wear Safety Belt cat. N2 Vehicle	3	5	362	433	19.6
Sources: Road Safety Authority and Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
m* Mandatory court offence

Open in Excel: Transport Omnibus 2019 Table 3.3 (XLS 11KB)

Table 3.4 Number of penalty point endorsement notices issued by gender and county, 2019
County	Female	Male	No gender recorded	Total
Carlow	804	1,535	88	2,427
Cavan	971	1,916	92	2,979
Clare	1,947	3,168	122	5,237
Cork	6,218	12,070	756	19,044
Donegal	1,304	2,988	176	4,468
Galway	3,407	6,243	415	10,065
Kerry	1,874	3,653	329	5,856
Kildare	2,758	5,330	345	8,433
Kilkenny	1,149	2,245	133	3,527
Laois	1,120	2,252	171	3,543
Leitrim	346	654	40	1,040
Limerick	3,036	5,618	441	9,095
Longford	579	1,279	106	1,964
Louth	975	2,093	218	3,286
Mayo	2,164	3,803	97	6,064
Meath	2,005	4,010	308	6,323
Monaghan	806	1,574	99	2,479
Offaly	1,038	2,098	171	3,307
Roscommon	803	1,656	79	2,538
Sligo	774	1,521	60	2,355
Tipperary	1,920	3,669	259	5,848
Waterford	1,549	2,990	165	4,704
Westmeath	1,069	2,041	146	3,256
Wexford	2,519	4,788	181	7,488
Wicklow	2,132	3,805	126	6,063
Dublin	11,828	25,024	2,309	39,161
Foreign licence holder¹			20,251	20,251
Unknown²			303	303
Total	55,095	108,023	27,986	191,104
Source: Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
¹ Drivers who produce a valid foreign licence and have an Irish address.
² Unknown refers to non-resident drivers who pay on the spot penalty fines.

Open in Excel: Transport Omnibus 2019 Table 3.4 (XLS 13KB)

Table 3.5 Number of penalty point endorsement notices issued by gender, 2013 - 2019
Year	Female	Male	No gender recorded	Total
2013	65,859	111,415	33,125	210,399
2014	73,397	122,808	36,925	233,130
2015	78,450	132,467	38,682	249,599
2016	62,461	105,382	31,001	198,844
2017	56,142	102,125	30,828	189,095
2018	50,460	98,993	27,639	177,092
2019	55,095	108,023	27,986	191,104
Source: Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport

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Table 3.6 Number of penalty point endorsement notices issued by gender and age, 2019
Age profile	Female	Male	No gender recorded	Total	% of total
Under 21	504	2,432		2,936	1.5
21 to 25	3,381	9,063		12,444	6.5
26 to 30	5,408	11,233		16,641	8.7
31 to 35	6,890	13,162		20,052	10.5
36 to 40	8,380	15,163		23,543	12.3
41 to 45	8,060	13,872		21,932	11.5
46 to 50	7,200	12,306		19,506	10.2
51 to 55	5,420	9,857		15,277	8.0
56 to 60	3,806	7,562		11,368	5.9
61 to 65	2,523	5,276		7,799	4.1
over 65	3,523	8,097		11,620	6.1
Date of birth not recorded			27,986	27,986	14.6
Total	55,095	108,023	27,986	191,104	100.0
Source: Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport

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Table 3.7 Number of penalty point endorsement notices issued to males by offence type and age group, 2019
Offence description	Age (years)
Offence description	Under 21	21-25	26-30	31-40	41-50	51-65	66 and over	Total	%
Speeding	1,205	5,046	6,485	16,569	16,481	15,130	6,020	66,936	62.0
Driving a vehicle while holding a mobile phone	186	1,129	1,946	5,794	4,464	3,111	593	17,223	15.9
Use vehicle without NCT certificate	50	331	426	1,085	997	638	135	3,662	3.4
Driving without reasonable consideration	196	451	382	791	702	584	252	3,358	3.1
Fail to obey traffic lights	65	223	291	698	668	685	213	2,843	2.6
Adult Failing to wear Safety Belt cat. M1 Vehicle	45	214	253	618	613	669	334	2,746	2.5
Learner driver unaccompanied by a qualified driver	219	479	342	444	224	91	9	1,808	1.7
Adult Failing to wear Safety Belt cat. N1 Vehicle	6	35	65	251	298	340	136	1,131	1.0
No insurance - (user)	41	221	180	307	200	129	24	1,102	1.0
Non-Display of L Plate (Learner Driver)	107	241	201	201	91	33	3	877	0.8
Fail to comply with prohibitory traffic signs	10	57	77	211	210	196	47	808	0.7
Cross continuous white line/broken white line	22	65	60	178	167	175	47	714	0.7
Offence relating to Overtaking	8	44	45	107	97	101	25	427	0.4
Non-Display of N plate (Novice driver)	154	147	60	38	7	4	0	410	0.4
Adult Failing to wear Safety Belt cat. N3 Vehicle	0	5	18	91	110	119	28	371	0.3
Adult Failing to wear Safety Belt cat. N2 Vehicle	3	20	24	80	82	99	20	328	0.3
Driver Fail Restrain Child O/3 in Child Restraint	4	15	28	114	80	26	16	283	0.3
Driver Fail ensure Passenger U/17 wear Safety Belt	3	15	25	70	106	35	15	269	0.2
Entry to hatched marked area	7	12	19	54	63	48	18	221	0.2
Dangerous Driving Reduced to Careless Driving	9	42	28	44	29	25	14	191	0.2
Other offence types	92	271	278	580	489	457	148	2,315	2.1
Total issued	2,432	9,063	11,233	28,325	26,178	22,695	8,097	108,023	100.0
Source: Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport

Open in Excel: Transport Omnibus 2019 Table 3.7 (XLS 12KB)

Table 3.8 Number of penalty point endorsement notices issued to females by offence type and age group, 2019
Offence description	Age (years)
Offence description	Under 21	21-25	26-30	31-40	41-50	51-65	66 and over	Total	%
Speeding	305	2,080	3,346	9,928	10,922	9,192	2,939	38,712	70.3
Driving a vehicle while holding a mobile phone	50	414	884	2,589	2,000	1,033	171	7,141	13.0
Use vehicle without NCT certificate	13	83	191	699	612	323	48	1,969	3.6
Learner driver unaccompanied by a qualified driver	50	254	230	397	289	112	13	1,345	2.4
Driving without reasonable consideration	30	112	117	300	261	218	121	1,159	2.1
Fail to obey traffic lights	11	71	113	266	311	238	65	1,075	2.0
Adult Failing to wear Safety Belt cat. M1 Vehicle	7	59	95	193	169	207	70	800	1.5
Non-Display of L Plate (Learner Driver)	10	100	102	138	103	31	3	487	0.9
No insurance - (user)	4	43	78	152	85	37	3	402	0.7
Fail to comply with prohibitory traffic signs	1	14	32	98	104	68	21	338	0.6
Driver Fail Restrain Child O/3 in Child Restraint	1	12	39	103	60	14	5	234	0.4
Cross continuous white line/broken white line	4	16	20	51	48	51	14	204	0.4
Driver Fail ensure Passenger U/17 wear Safety Belt	0	7	19	76	59	20	3	184	0.3
Offence relating to Overtaking	0	6	19	38	24	32	7	126	0.2
Non-Display of N plate (Novice driver)	10	46	28	26	4	0	0	114	0.2
Careless Driving	1	6	12	14	18	18	8	77	0.1
Driver Fail Restrain Child U/3 in Child Restraint	0	7	16	24	12	9	3	71	0.1
Entry to hatched marked area	2	1	9	20	20	15	4	71	0.1
Driving along/across median strip	0	4	7	11	14	20	3	59	0.1
Fail to comply with traffic lane markings	0	0	8	17	14	7	4	50	0.1
Other offence types	5	46	43	130	131	104	18	477	0.9
Total issued	504	3,381	5,408	15,270	15,260	11,749	3,523	55,095	100.0
Source: Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport

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Table 3.9 Top 10 penalty point endorsement notices issued for males by county, 2019
Number
County	Total no. of penalty point endorsement notices issued	Speeding	Driving a vehicle while holding a mobile phone	Use vehicle without NCT certificate	Driving without reasonable consideration	Fail to obey traffic lights	Adult failing to wear safety belt cat. M1 vehicle	Learner driver unaccompanied by a qualified driver	Adult failing to wear safety belt cat. N1 vehicle	No insurance - (user)	Non-display of L Plate (learner driver)
Carlow	1,535	924	320	42	50	12	41	24	8	16	25
Cavan	1,916	1,137	329	78	69	27	34	24	26	42	13
Clare	3,168	2,171	457	79	73	23	82	30	51	24	14
Cork	12,070	7,995	1,765	342	297	275	216	209	86	95	74
Donegal	2,988	1,806	469	78	155	27	77	41	48	45	14
Dublin	25,024	15,463	3,104	1,139	820	1,433	403	529	116	290	243
Galway	6,243	3,784	1,144	140	177	157	227	73	75	68	22
Kerry	3,653	2,279	701	88	91	32	118	52	51	19	19
Kildare	5,330	3,322	778	210	262	129	129	107	39	55	52
Kilkenny	2,245	1,360	459	51	80	27	65	38	15	17	19
Laois	2,252	1,145	507	116	81	25	85	55	39	22	35
Leitrim	654	417	114	13	16	7	20	4	12	9	2
Limerick	5,618	3,351	1,009	135	140	98	249	68	163	42	48
Longford	1,279	802	162	40	56	17	24	23	15	43	10
Louth	2,093	1,274	306	102	63	77	27	40	15	39	19
Mayo	3,803	2,529	750	55	75	43	89	29	34	16	14
Meath	4,010	2,635	600	156	109	94	63	38	23	50	23
Monaghan	1,574	895	244	50	39	17	60	38	34	14	22
Offaly	2,098	1,224	352	87	70	24	95	37	49	27	18
Roscommon	1,656	1,047	303	31	48	13	33	17	45	17	9
Sligo	1,521	891	342	29	44	37	42	15	14	20	4
Tipperary	3,669	2,206	680	129	123	40	128	62	34	27	32
Waterford	2,990	1,910	480	67	129	45	68	34	21	14	28
Westmeath	2,041	1,380	232	81	65	32	42	33	19	35	15
Wexford	4,788	2,642	1,027	152	105	38	240	130	52	36	62
Wicklow	3,805	2,347	589	172	121	94	89	58	47	20	41
Total	108,023	66,936	17,223	3,662	3,358	2,843	2,746	1,808	1,131	1,102	877
Source: Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport

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Table 3.10 Top 10 penalty point endorsement notices issued for females by county, 2019
Number
County	Total no. of penalty point endorsement notices issued	Speeding	Driving a vehicle while holding a mobile phone	Use vehicle without NCT certificate	Learner driver unaccompanied by a qualified driver	Driving without reasonable consideration	Fail to obey traffic lights	Adult failing to wear safety belt cat. M1 vehicle	Non-Display of L Plate (Learner Driver)	No insurance - (user)	Fail to comply with prohibitory traffic signs
Carlow	804	539	154	25	17	12	0	12	10	3	2
Cavan	971	694	116	26	26	20	6	14	10	17	2
Clare	1,947	1,449	261	37	21	25	24	34	10	12	5
Cork	6,218	4,581	736	159	160	90	120	70	48	41	25
Donegal	1,304	910	163	40	21	58	10	20	5	23	2
Dublin	11,828	7,950	1,211	661	362	279	495	89	127	133	229
Galway	3,407	2,365	552	72	58	56	73	61	19	11	7
Kerry	1,874	1,324	319	36	27	35	10	23	12	11	1
Kildare	2,758	2,002	318	114	67	87	44	21	39	9	13
Kilkenny	1,149	810	187	21	27	26	14	21	9	6	1
Laois	1,120	719	185	49	41	31	5	30	23	6	0
Leitrim	346	265	36	10	2	5	3	10	0	3	1
Limerick	3,036	2,032	512	80	49	38	51	127	25	16	8
Longford	579	429	56	14	18	26	2	2	8	5	1
Louth	975	632	116	62	36	26	35	9	6	15	13
Mayo	2,164	1,663	323	30	25	17	17	23	6	6	3
Meath	2,005	1,518	215	78	33	43	23	7	15	15	8
Monaghan	806	599	54	32	24	13	4	13	14	4	3
Offaly	1,038	760	115	32	19	19	12	29	7	11	1
Roscommon	803	579	128	17	10	14	8	11	4	4	1
Sligo	774	543	131	15	14	14	18	3	1	7	4
Tipperary	1,920	1,330	299	61	43	50	14	35	21	10	0
Waterford	1,549	1,089	194	47	41	63	18	25	9	9	1
Westmeath	1,069	824	91	43	24	32	10	8	4	5	1
Wexford	2,519	1,622	412	82	138	37	11	78	36	8	2
Wicklow	2,132	1,484	257	126	42	43	48	25	19	12	4
Total	55,095	38,712	7,141	1,969	1,345	1,159	1,075	800	487	402	338
Source: Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport

Open in Excel: Transport Omnibus 2019 Table 3.10 (XLS 18KB)

Table 3.11 Number of drivers by number of penalty points applied in 2019
	Number of Drivers
	1 P.P	2 P.P	3 P.P	4 P.P	5 P.P	6 P.P	7 P.P¹	8 P.P	9 P.P	10 P.P	11 P.P	12 P.P²	Total
Carlow	13	121	1,797	19	157	119	2	11	4	7	0	2	2,252
Cavan	20	188	2,206	13	199	122	2	13	12	2	2	2	2,781
Clare	22	186	4,038	22	238	283	3	21	14	5	2	4	4,838
Cork	147	838	14,477	112	1,251	830	19	60	41	28	11	13	17,827
Donegal	35	321	3,306	19	311	173	1	14	9	5	0	3	4,197
Dublin	830	2,011	27,469	397	3,478	1,720	54	126	118	67	16	36	36,322
Galway	58	404	7,707	70	597	456	9	32	31	7	6	8	9,385
Kerry	19	215	4,344	40	459	277	5	23	26	11	3	2	5,424
Kildare	71	521	6,242	53	509	391	12	21	19	8	0	4	7,851
Kilkenny	21	176	2,638	36	218	162	6	8	13	1	1	1	3,281
Laois	19	209	2,520	46	247	161	5	15	18	5	3	3	3,251
Leitrim	2	39	821	6	56	41	0	4	3	1	0	2	975
Limerick	44	375	6,647	66	697	494	5	36	27	11	5	5	8,412
Longford	6	134	1,390	17	189	80	1	4	7	4	1	1	1,834
Louth	52	186	2,404	19	312	122	2	7	3	4	2	1	3,114
Mayo	12	186	4,873	14	195	318	2	7	19	2	4	3	5,635
Meath	65	253	4,874	34	447	247	3	13	18	5	2	1	5,962
Monaghan	39	178	1,777	15	160	115	3	10	6	0	0	0	2,303
Offaly	14	159	2,472	18	238	156	3	9	9	2	2	1	3,083
Roscommon	14	99	1,950	12	149	121	1	9	6	2	1	0	2,364
Sligo	19	83	1,789	12	117	118	4	12	10	4	1	1	2,170
Tipperary	31	324	4,329	54	396	258	8	28	13	7	1	4	5,453
Waterford	19	294	3,490	43	272	218	2	13	17	3	3	4	4,378
Westmeath	12	159	2,390	20	258	163	3	17	6	3	1	0	3,032
Wexford	55	429	5,448	73	449	339	10	33	30	19	4	7	6,896
Wicklow	48	328	4,514	33	293	315	2	19	26	9	4	5	5,596
Foreign licence holder³	165	769	17,375	21	354	606	7	35	46	1	4	9	19,392
Unknown⁴	0	0	7	15	281	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	303
Total	1,852	9,185	143,294	1,299	12,527	8,405	174	600	551	223	79	122	178,311
Source: Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
¹ Receipt of 7 points results in disqualification for six months for certain Novice and Learner Permit Drivers issued a licence since 01 August 2014.
² Receipt of 12 points results in disqualification for six months.
³ Drivers who produce a valid foreign licence and have an Irish address.
⁴ Unknown refers to non-resident drivers who pay on the spot penalty fines.

Open in Excel: Transport Omnibus 2019 Table 3.11 (XLS 14KB)

Table 3.12 Number of drivers by cumulative number of penalty points and county at 31st December 2019
	Number of Drivers
	1 P.P	2 P.P	3 P.P	4 P.P	5 P.P	6 P.P	7 P.P¹	8 P.P	9 P.P	10 P.P	11 P.P	12 P.P²	Total
Carlow	41	484	4,485	114	433	673	17	63	108	20	13	14	6,465
Cavan	39	608	5,236	112	638	749	20	93	114	18	19	13	7,659
Clare	68	953	10,327	160	979	1,939	41	153	300	30	46	19	15,015
Cork	472	3,535	35,065	861	4,158	5,210	170	455	727	170	115	80	51,018
Donegal	77	946	8,122	127	1,062	987	35	88	126	26	20	11	11,627
Dublin	2,156	9,169	67,339	2,252	11,398	9,980	433	1,054	1,483	440	212	199	106,115
Galway	135	1,517	19,840	368	2,180	3,382	62	210	471	65	72	46	28,348
Kerry	49	881	10,403	208	1,192	1,458	33	88	197	33	25	43	14,610
Kildare	167	1,962	15,884	361	1,882	2,568	74	192	337	79	47	37	23,590
Kilkenny	45	752	6,620	163	619	1,021	19	92	142	23	22	15	9,533
Laois	34	715	6,329	174	766	1,152	29	106	196	39	17	27	9,584
Leitrim	8	198	2,123	23	146	267	3	31	48	4	4	7	2,862
Limerick	157	1,384	15,009	345	2,172	2,668	64	245	405	73	45	41	22,608
Longford	23	431	3,037	80	487	499	22	56	76	23	13	17	4,764
Louth	96	837	6,432	159	1,065	820	32	68	97	26	15	10	9,657
Mayo	39	671	10,280	106	609	1,595	24	86	220	15	26	17	13,688
Meath	178	1,301	13,739	252	1,587	1,917	53	160	248	43	35	22	19,535
Monaghan	77	466	4,405	98	507	600	22	60	89	12	15	5	6,356
Offaly	20	608	5,762	144	777	863	26	74	131	23	20	12	8,460
Roscommon	27	468	4,965	74	447	781	20	72	89	16	10	7	6,976
Sligo	43	392	4,304	64	338	624	17	54	96	8	17	10	5,967
Tipperary	77	1,247	11,146	261	1,350	1,563	44	149	240	40	37	24	16,178
Waterford	46	1,070	7,985	191	874	1,266	35	119	192	37	24	21	11,860
Westmeath	38	663	5,900	120	826	839	28	89	104	44	24	16	8,691
Wexford	209	1,317	13,090	334	1,308	2,359	91	257	444	64	65	48	19,586
Wicklow	122	1,116	10,758	235	918	1,808	57	157	292	41	37	43	15,584
Foreign licence holder³	441	2,370	46,239	129	1,226	2,866	38	189	391	20	28	60	53,997
Unknown⁴	0	4	20	37	690	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	751
Total	4,884	36,065	354,844	7,552	40,634	50,454	1,509	4,460	7,363	1,432	1,023	864	511,084
Source: Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
¹ Receipt of 7 points results in disqualification for six months for certain Novice and Learner Permit Drivers issued a licence since 01 August 2014.
² Receipt of 12 points results in disqualification for six months.
³ Drivers who produce a valid foreign licence and have an Irish address.
⁴ Unknown refers to non-resident drivers who pay on the spot penalty fines.

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