Mr. Martin Callinan:

The person who wrote the report is present. That is the reason he is here. Corruption does not appear to be defined in law, but in my view it would have the ordinary meaning applied to it. The corruption of public officials is catered for. When one is talking about that type of corruption, one is talking about somebody who has received money, a favour or remuneration, but as far as I am concerned, that is where it lies.

I can do no more than say in response to the questions put by the Deputy that I would expect all of my officers to act fairly and appropriately, and in circumstances in which they found that there was justification for cancelling the ticket, that they would do that; otherwise, that they would reject the petition and send the ticket forward for summons. All I can do is provide guidelines and there is a reasonable expectation that people follow those guidelines.