Mr. John Twomey:

If I could provide some clarification on that, as the Deputy has outlined, this is somebody who was brought to court by summons where they should have been given a fixed charge notice.

Some people who were brought to court were not given this opportunity and there are a number who paid their fixed charge notices and were subsequently brought to court. We are trying to find out the detail of each case. There will need to be liaison with other agencies and, because of the numbers involved, I do not want to complicate the matter. Spent convictions are also an issue but some people paid a fixed charge notice and subsequently received a summons to go to court.