Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 13 July 2017

Public Accounts Committee

2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána

9:00 am

Photo of Alan KellyAlan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Fine. I am delighted to hear it. I am, however, worried about the present and about some of the cases before us.

My second question concerns penalty points. This is a technical question. Let us consider the ongoing review. Let us imagine that Mr. McCarthy here, for example, were to hypothetically be caught speeding and get a fixed notice. I am taking him as an example here because he is our independent witness. He would fill out the form and put down his credit card details. Let us say, however, that he makes a genuine error and puts his name or credit card number in the wrong place. Everything on the form is accurate but on the wrong line. What would happen after something like that? I assume that An Garda Síochána would send him another notice telling him that he has made an error and has to fix it. Is that what happens? Or does the case go straight to court?

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