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
Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
Will Mr. Fallon ask? The information is being recorded on the spot on the day . The inspector knows the reason offered and the judge’s decision. The raw material is available. The prosecution team cannot walk out of the courtroom without knowing why a case has been struck out. I should not have to spell it out because it is so basic. It cannot be the case that the information is not noted. The system would not work if the prosecution team was walking out of the courtroom without a reason being noted as to why a case had been struck out. It is obvious that it is recorded manually in a file. Somewhere along the line will somebody think about recording it, even on a sample basis? Will they try to get an accurate read on the reasons cases had been struck out? Perhaps then something might be done about it.
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