Mr. Michael Finn:

Fixed charged notices and speeding fines are processed through the fixed charge notices office in Thurles. We have a computer system that tracks the process, such that there is no individual member involvement. Fines paid through An Post are paid to the office in Thurles and the money is then transferred to the Exchequer.

In regard to warrants, where a person is due in court in respect of non-payment of a fine and he or she does not turn up a warrant is issued. The warrant is issued through a local Garda division and district and it is tracked in terms of payment or otherwise. The court will have a record of what occurred. If the money is paid through the court it can then verify which warrants came back to it unpaid, paid, non-executed or cancelled. All of this is tracked between the Garda Síochána and the Courts Service.