David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Fines Act will bring money into the Exchequer and will prevent people from being sent to prison for a day or two, taking up the resources of the Prison Service, and being sent home again. It makes sense and I am delighted it is up and running. The committee takes Mr. Ryan’s point that the Courts Service has worked hard to get there and it has impacted on other areas.

The committee did a report on the community court system, similar to the one in New York. While we are not saying one can import another system from another jurisdiction and hope it will work, it must be amended. Accordingly, some work has been done on this. Will Mr Ryan update the committee on this?