Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 23 January 2014
Public Accounts Committee
2012 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Management of Fixed Charge Notice System
12:40 pm
Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
That is what I am talking about. We are acknowledging that 95% plus is beyond question but it is the 2.57%. When I look at some of the information we have been sent and some of the information that has appeared in both reports, it makes sense that gardaí have to apply discretion, and I accept the Commissioner's comments on that. It makes sense that somebody could be sick once and in a rush or somebody could have a family emergency once and be in a rush or the issue with the bees could happen once but where I have a difficulty is where I see some examples of the same individual having points cancelled on multiple occasions or when I see the same family having points cancelled on multiple occasions and often by the same officer. That does not sit right with me. Could the Commissioner comment on that?
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