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

It is one thing for a summons to be issued. Part of the problem is the question of whether the summons was received by the person at the other end. What if a person claims they never got it? There were anomalies.

The third payment option means that when the second notice arrives, a third payment option is available. I understand up to 80% of the first notices are being paid. An Post has a rigorous method of delivering post. Whether people were simply ignoring these things or whether they arrived in the first place are the questions that arose. The PULSE system has been changed such that these errors cannot recur.

Deputy O'Callaghan’s point is interesting. However, if a person says that he never got a summons, what happens then? We must ensure that the PULSE system works and that is our purpose at the moment. The third payment option should make the system far more robust.