Parking fines suffer Covid hit

Revenue generated from issuing parking fines in the city has dropped by 30% so far this year, due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Galway City Council estimates that it will lose some €200,000 in parking fines income over the whole of 2020, after enforcement was relaxed for almost three months during the Covid-19 lockdown.

A spokesperson confirmed that 10,987 Fixed Penalty Notices were issued by the local authority in the eight months to September 1.

The amount paid for fines during that period was €327,900. In the corresponding period last year, 13,417 fines were issued and the amount paid was just over €464,000.

The Council confirmed that the drop in revenue from parking fines was around 30% down on the same period last year, a reduction of about €136,100. They expect that to increase to €200,000 by the year-end.

“The total amount paid in 2019 was €675,970. Galway City Council might therefore expect income to reduce to circa €475,000 in 2020,” said a spokesperson, who confirmed the Council expects to take an overall hit of about €200,000 this year.

For more, read this week’s Galway City Tribune.

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