Figures show that 70 people have been killed on Irish roads since the beginning of the year, 29 more than in the same period last year.
Reacting to the figures, Minister for Transport Seamus Brennan said there had been two significant factors influencing the statistics.
He said there had been a number of multiple fatalities this year and there was a big reduction in fatalities last year in response to the introduction of the penalty points system.
The Government has raised more than €9m in fines from speeding motorists since then, and this total is growing by an average of €132,000 per week.
It is 13 months since penalty points were introduced and since then an average of 1,650 people per week have incurred points.Those people have also had to pay a fine of at least €80 each.
The Department of Transport said yesterday that a total of 107,000 people have incurred points to date, including 6,600 people who have more than two points. This corresponds to a total of €9,155,440 raised for the Exchequer.
The Department's figures also show that one third of all the fines are being paid by drivers from Dublin.
