Derek Nolan (Galway West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I will address some of the issues on the agenda today, including motor taxation. The matter may come down to discretion again. The Comptroller and Auditor General stated in his introductory statement that there have been cases where people would have received fixed charge notices for motor tax issues and would have been able to go to a Garda station for a certificate, witnessed by a garda, indicating that the vehicle has been off the road. There may have been evidence that the vehicle was spotted on the road by another member of the force. Is this again a factor of the discretionary aspect of Garda powers? What is the view of the witness on that contradiction?