Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 9 May 2019

Public Accounts Committee

2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 7 - Management of Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána

9:00 am

Mr. John Twomey:

The process is strict in the sense that the licence is meant to be brought to the court. In practice, that may not always happen and there may not always be follow-through on it.

The court may impose fines, etc, and these matters are pursued. The difficulty is with the process after that. This is where complications have arisen, particularly regarding identification and whether the right individual is before the court if there are multiple names involved. All of these create complications in terms of bringing a swift prosecution in these areas.

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