Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 12 November 2015
Public Accounts Committee
2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 3: Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6: Office of the Chief State Solicitor
10:00 am
Mr. Barry Donoghue:
That is a matter whereby essentially the defendant is entitled to seek a trial and may at the last moment decide to plead to some charge, but that is a matter for the defendant to decide to seek a trial and then change their mind at the end of the day. I accept that that happens.
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