Government urged to add unpaid traffic fines to road tax bills

The Government should consider adding unpaid road traffic fines to motor tax bills to ease the burden on the courts and the gardaí in dealing with such cases.

Government urged to add unpaid traffic fines to road tax bills

The Department of Justice is in contact with the Department of Transport on foot of recommendations contained in the report of a top-level expert group. The Working Group on Efficiency Measures in the Criminal Justice System said that 71% of the district court’s total caseload was taken up with road traffic cases.

The report said a number of measures it had recommended had already taken place, including changes to the escort of prisoners — resulting in savings of €100,000 per month in Garda escorts.

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