Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 14 November 2019

Public Accounts Committee

2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service

9:00 am

Mr. Richard Fallon:

Yes. We are trying to preserve the policy of minimal committals because in the past, we have seen people go to jail for not paying fines and then being let out after two days. The idea is to find an effective way of observing this while, at the same time, maximising the effectiveness of the alternative sanctions available to the courts in cases of default and, overall, ensuring the integrity of the criminal justice process at this level is maintained. The group is meeting and, as has been indicated, there will be areas, such as the legislation, that can be tightened up. This is one of the solutions being considered.

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