Cross Border co-operation in Ireland to tackle parking and toll offendersItem Added 03 March 2010
Following the signing by ministers of a memorandum of understanding between the Driver Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) in Swansea and the Department of Transport in Dublin, a pilot scheme has been put in place to share the details of drivers who ignore parking penalties or toll charges in either country.
This means that Northern Irish drivers who ignore the road tolls on the M50 motorway around Dublin will now have to pay up or face being pursued by the Irish authorities when they return home to Northern Ireland. The National Roads Authority in Dublin loses about €1.6m per year in unpaid road tolls from Northern Irish drivers.
Equally, drivers from the Irish Republic can now expect that their registration details will be passed to the DRD Roads Service in Belfast who administer parking enforcement in the North.
It is estimated that since 2006 the percentage of registered drivers from the South who have avoided paying their penalties in Northern Ireland have cost the Belfast authorities about £1.7m
The pilot scheme was announced on 3rd March 2010 and will continue until November 2010.
Northern Ireland Press Release
Department of Transport (Dublin) press release | 
