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Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019)

Seán Fleming: I have to say something to Ms Denning that I have not said before as Chairman of the Committee of Public Accounts. We are witnessing a shambles. The performance that is being televised live is a shambles. It is probably undermining the administration of justice in the country. The message here is that most people do not pay fines or hand in their driver's licence. Ms Denning does not...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019)

Seán Fleming: Who operates it?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019)

Seán Fleming: We got a great opening statement from Ms Denning but there was no reference to this significant issue. We probe this issue at the Committee of Public Accounts. I have never heard anything as shambolic.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019)

Seán Fleming: Is the Courts Service implementing every aspect of the legislation entirely?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019)

Seán Fleming: I will move on but I note that Ms Denning has a big job ahead of her.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019)

Seán Fleming: I was a bit exasperated. I am amazed at what I am hearing.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019)

Seán Fleming: For use by the public.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019)

Seán Fleming: How many is that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019)

Seán Fleming: Did the witnesses not say a third appear for these hearings?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019)

Seán Fleming: One step at a time. Which step are we at?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019)

Seán Fleming: The witnesses might send a written update on that progress and expected timelines. This will require legislation.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019)

Seán Fleming: Sorry, Deputy, but to what are you referring?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019)

Seán Fleming: The information on the total number wards of court can be sent in writing to the committee.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019)

Seán Fleming: As we are tight on time, the Department might send the information to us in writing. Mr. Fallon seems to have an extensive note in front of him.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019)

Seán Fleming: Could that include the person saying that he or she did not receive the notice in the first instance?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019)

Seán Fleming: We understand that but does anyone keep statistics on it? We are not asking our guests to comment.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019)

Seán Fleming: Does anybody in the Courts Service keep statistics on why cases are struck out?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019)

Seán Fleming: As the Deputy indicated, in 50% of cases there was no conviction. Surely it is in the State's interest to know why cases are being struck out. Does nobody collect that basic data?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019)

Seán Fleming: Does anyone do it?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019)

Seán Fleming: Yes, Mr. Mullan said that already but surely there is something to be learned from the cases that are struck out. Surely it is possible to learn from such cases in order to minimise them as time goes on. Is anybody collecting statistics on the reasons for cases being struck out so that we can learn from them?