Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I congratulate the Minister and the Ministers of State, in particular Deputy Ann Phelan.

Section 44 of the 2010 Act, as the Minister well knows, refers to the third payment option, whereby people who have been summoned to court to face a fine for penalty point offences can avail of a third chance to pay the fine before the matter goes to court. Recently people have found that that option is particularly important. The Minister provided figures for last year which showed that the vast bulk of people escaped conviction and penalty points. Both he and his predecessor have constantly quoted administrative and technical difficulties in implementing the section. Can it now be implemented?

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