Tom Hayes (Tipperary South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 62a:

In page 23, to delete lines 13 to 38, and in page 24, to delete lines 1 to 8.

The advice of the Office of the Attorney General is that it is not appropriate for an indictable offence to attract a fixed payment notice. The offences under section 17 are indictable offences which can be tried summarily. Therefore, I have been advised that it is not appropriate to introduce the fixed payment notice provision in respect of these offences. I am removing this provision as a consequence of this advice.

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