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
Ms Angela Denning:
On the assisted decision-making legislation, I understand the Mental Health Commission has raised a few issues and that there may be a requirement to change the legislation. However, if the Act was commenced in the morning, we have rules of court drafted which are ready to go. We participate in the high-level group which is seeking to push on the legislation.
On the issue of penalty points, I will double check, but I think there is a distinction where somebody is brought to court for speeding and receives two, four or five penalty points and where somebody is disqualified automatically by virtue of a conviction. In those cases-----
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