Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 25 April 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Garda Oversight and Accountability: Discussion

9:00 am

Mr. Michael Finn:

At the time there was a lot of publicity about it. We got an initial surge because it was in the media and people were aware of it. Many people contacted us afterwards to tell us that they had received our letter, they admitted they had done something wrong five years previously and they did not want to go through the hassle of going to court again. Some people were possibly nervous that they might be named in court. In fairness, all those appeals went through the courts very quickly. They were not contested and the matters were done and dusted in a short time. The Courts Service paid back the fines.

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