Mr. Seamus McCarthy:

The issuing of the summons is a legal process. As I understand it, and correct me, please, if I am wrong, once the summons is issued indicating when the person is to appear in court, it goes to the Garda Síochána which then has to present it to the person to whom it is addressed. In the case as indicated here, if the summons is not served, then on the date in court the person does not turn up because the summons has not been served, the case is struck out. So the summons exists and has been issued, but it has not been served. Does that explain it?