Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 2 December 2015
Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality
Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 20: An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Supplementary)
3:00 pm
Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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There has been significant investment in the Courts Service in the past couple of years. One of the problems is that when a member of An Garda Síochána goes to issue a summons, the person concerned is no longer at the address indicated. This happens quite often and it is a major waste of Garda time and resources. Is there an alternative? I think thousands of summonses have been issued to persons who no longer live at the addresses supplied.