UPDATED: Kildare speed vans bring in €2.5m in 30 months
A GoSafe van in operation on a local road. File image for illustration
Speed vans located in Co Kildare bring in one of the highest amounts of fines in the country.
Garda speed vans in Kildare took in €2,514,080 in revenue in the period from January 2023 to June 2025. This is the fourth highest figure in the country.
However, gardaí have reiterated that speed cameras are not about raising revenue but to change driver behaviour and make the roads safer.
Dublin and Tipperary were two of the highest-grossing counties for the Garda speed vans in the period, with Cork and Kildare following closely behind.
Revealing the figures, Ireland South MEP Cynthia Ní Mhurchú has called for a get-tough approach to those who are caught doing excessive speeds on our rural roads. The MEP has called for a greater concentration of speed vans at accident black spots and on our rural roads, where speeding is dramatically impacting on road safety.
The EU Transport Committee MEP made her calls as gardaí released figures to her showing that €32,437,002 has been collected in fines from Garda speed vans between January 2023, and June 2025.
Ms Ní Mhurchú questioned why revenue from speed vans across all garda districts fell by 15.9 per cent between 2023 and 2024.
Nationally, 32 million euros was collected during the 30-month period.
Interestingly, garda figures released to Ms Ní Mhurchu also show that gardaí paid out over €44 million to private speed camera operators between the start of 2023 and up to 18 August 2025, meaning that the garda speed van system is operating at an overall loss.
After the publication of this article, the garda national press office contacted the Kildare Nationalist with a statment.
Gardaí said: 'An Garda Síochána is committed to road safety with our partner GoSafe who operate Mobile Safety Camera Vans under contract.
'An Garda Síochána has consistently stated and highlighted that Mobile Safety Camera Vans are not about raising revenue, they are directed for deployment in High Collision Prone Zones on a repetitive and recurring basis in order to change driver behaviour and pattern in those zones to make those designated zones safer.
'In 2023, in direct response to rising road fatalities, An Garda Síochána provided additional funding for an increase in GoSafe monitoring hours.
'In 2024 and again for 2025 this increase in annual monitoring hours from 6,000 hours to 9,000 hours every month has been sustained, directly demonstrating An Garda Síochána's and GoSafe's commitment to making our roads safer.
'An overall reduction in the number of Fixed Charge Notices issued by Mobile Safety Camera Vans is an indication of increased compliance with speed limits by drivers in the identified and monitored Safety Camera Zones.
'In 2024, over 96,500 Fixed Charge Notices for speeding were issued from Mobile Safety Camera vans, compared to approximately 110,000 Fixed Charge Notices in 2023.
'The locations of Safety Camera Zones are reviewed by An Garda Síochána on a regular basis.
'The location of Safety Camera Zones are published on the Garda website.'
