Kildare Garda speed vans collect over €2.5m in just 30 months

Garda speed vans in Co. Kildare have collected over €2.5m in just 30 months. This news come from Gardaí releasing nationwide figures showing that €32,437,002 has been collected in fines from Garda speed vans between January 2023, and June 8, 2025.

Dublin and Tipperary were the two highest grossing counties for the Garda speed vans in the period with Cork and Kildare following closely behind. Garda speed vans in Kildare took in €2,514,080 in revenue in the stated period, the fourth highest in the country.

Naas Gardaí took in the most revenue in Kildare in that period (€1,725,520) followed by Kildare garda district (€591,520) and Leixlip (€197,040). 

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 showing that €32m has been collected in fines from Garda speed vans in the above time period. Ní Mhurchú questioned why revenue from speed vans across all garda districts fell by 15.9% between 2023 and 2024, figures that were broken down by Garda district provided on request. Garda figures released to Ní Mhurchu also show that Gardaí paid out over €44m euro to private speed camera operators between the start of 2023 and up to August 18, 2025, meaning that the Garda speed van system is operating at an overall loss. 

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