Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

They will apply to somebody who swears up and then tells a pack of lies. It would be a matter for the DPP to determine whether a summary case should be taken, which would imply a fine in the lower court, that is, the District Court or whether the evidence was so egregious and the damage done so horrendous that it would require a jury trial before the Circuit or High Court, implying a term of imprisonment or a very substantial fine.