Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal North East, Sinn Fein)
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The Irish Penal Reform Trust, IRPT, put forward proposals in this regard that are fair. I will give the Minister a case study from the IPRT on this. Conor is now in his late 40s. When he was 18 years of age he was before the courts for failure to stop at the scene of a traffic accident, dangerous driving and no insurance. He was disqualified from driving for three months and had his licence endorsed. As he received three convictions on three different charges at the one sitting, he will be ruled out of having his convictions considered spent under the Bill. In Britain, the system there has 38 years of experience of dealing with spent convictions and it has no such limit. Will the Minister reconsider this?