Mr. Michael Donnellan:

It is simply pressure on the front gate and on our committal area. By and large the people who default on fines never get into the prison system. However in cases of people with revenue related fines or fines for selling cigarettes, which is a big business, they would be kept in prison. As the Secretary General said, this will reduce dramatically because there are about five stages to go through to get into prison under the new system. The major option is community service, so people can do community service in lieu of their fine.