Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 7 February 2019

Public Accounts Committee

2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor

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9:00 am

Mr. Barry Donoghue:

We refer to the year in which we get the file. They are the files received in 2014, 2015 and 2016. If the Chairman looks at the figure of 26% of cases unheard in 2016, it compares to 16% and 11% in the previous two years. That amount declines and affects the conviction rate.

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