346 Mr. Crowe asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to a situation pertaining to a section of the M1 motorway near Swords in north County Dublin where motorists have received penalty points from the Garda Síochána for speeding in excess of 60 km/h in a zone people are led to believe should be a 120 km/h motorway zone; if his attention has further been drawn to the comments from Fingal County Council, which has responsibility for setting lower speed limits, saying that they have no record of a 60 km/h speed limit on the section of motorway in question; if, in fact such a lower limit exists, the reason no road signage is in place to inform the travelling public; the reason the legal status of penalty points acquired by motorists, who through no fault of their own were not made aware of special speed restrictions; and if those points will be erased from the motorists record. [12914/06]

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346 Mr. Crowe asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to a situation pertaining to a section of the M1 motorway near Swords in north County Dublin where motorists have received penalty points from the Garda Síochána for speeding in excess of 60 km/h in a zone people are led to believe should be a 120 km/h motorway zone; if his attention has further been drawn to the comments from Fingal County Council, which has responsibility for setting lower speed limits, saying that they have no record of a 60 km/h speed limit on the section of motorway in question; if, in fact such a lower limit exists, the reason no road signage is in place to inform the travelling public; the reason the legal status of penalty points acquired by motorists, who through no fault of their own were not made aware of special speed restrictions; and if those points will be erased from the motorists record. [12914/06]

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1. 4 April 2006

   Road Network.

   346 Mr. Crowe asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to a situation pertaining to a section of the M1 motorway near Swords in north County Dublin where motorists have received penalty points from the Garda Síochána for speeding in excess of 60 km/h in a zone people are led to believe should be a 120 km/h motorway zone; if his attention has further been drawn to the comments from Fingal County Council, which has responsibility for setting lower speed limits, saying that they have no record of a 60 km/h speed limit on the section of motorway in question; if, in fact such a lower limit exists, the reason no road signage is in place to inform the travelling public; the reason the legal status of penalty points acquired by motorists, who through no fault of their own were not made aware of special speed restrictions; and if those points will be erased from the motorists record. [12914/06]

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