Garda speed vans on Dublin’s roads have issued more than €6.2 million in fines in just 30 months, yet the system is running at a loss after Gardaí paid private operators over €44 million to run it.
Figures show Dublin generated the highest revenue of any county between January 2023 and June 8th, 2025, with Tallaght, Blackrock, Blanchardstown and Clondalkin recording the largest number of penalties.
Across the country, fines from speed vans totalled €32.4 million in the same period.
Tipperary was the second highest county for revenue at €3.3 million, followed by Cork with €2.9 million and Kildare with €2.5 million.
Galway, Wicklow, Westmeath, Limerick, Mayo and Cavan/Monaghan also featured in the national top ten.
Ireland South MEP Cynthia Ní Mhurchú, who obtained the figures, highlighted the toll of speeding on Irish roads.
Official data shows 174 people died in crashes in 2024, with 52 deaths directly linked to speed.
“A European Commission report from 2020 estimated that 10 to 15% of all crashes and 30% of all fatal crashes are the direct result of speeding or inappropriate speed,” she said.
“174 people died on Irish roads in 2024, which means that 52 of those people died as a direct result of speeding.
“There are 52 families across the country mourning loved ones because we have failed to tackle speeding in any meaningful way.”
She has called for vans to be deployed at accident black spots, for continual investment in enforcement technology, and for re-education courses to be considered for repeat offenders.