Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 19 June 2014

Public Accounts Committee

2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Management of the Fixed Charge Notice System
Chapter 8 - Management of Outsourced Safety Cameras
Chapter 14 - Cash Balances in the RSA
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport

11:25 am

Mr. Tom O'Mahony:

I know. It should not be happening because the courts should not be allowing it to happen. Going to court for a fixed charge notice offence and not producing the licence is itself an offence. What should be happening in those circumstances is that the person should be convicted, but the details of the non-production of the licence should then be passed on to the Garda so the person can be prosecuted again. That would be a disincentive to people doing it.