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:

No, we are looking at ways to make the legislation more enforceable. That is all I am saying. What I am saying is that it is not a question of not locking up people; that does not offer a simplistic solution, particularly for people in dire economic situations, and we must factor all of this into the enforcement of the fines regime. We are reviewing the whole thing lock, stock and barrel with a view to finding a way to secure a higher level of compliance with fines but I have to say-----

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