Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I have to say something to Ms Denning that I have not said before as Chairman of the Committee of Public Accounts. We are witnessing a shambles. The performance that is being televised live is a shambles. It is probably undermining the administration of justice in the country. The message here is that most people do not pay fines or hand in their driver's licence. Ms Denning does not know who does or does not, or whether they have their licences in court or not. Some of them do not show up. She does not know whether they were even licensed drivers to start with. If I was a criminal, I would say that the system is broken and let us ignore it. Ms Denning is new in the job. Something is radically wrong here. I have been here weekly for a long time. I have never seen such confusion and people not knowing what is going on with regard to who is in or out of court, with people and gardaí being here and there. An awful impression is being given today of how the Courts Service works and that is not good.