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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: It is a suggestion that we will put out there. I do not want to put more work in the way of the Courts Service but I am sure our guests understand the point I am making. We cannot learn if we do not gather the information.
- 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, but most of these cases would be handled by the local Garda inspector in the District Court.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019) Seán Fleming: Most of the prosecution in the District Court is done by the local garda-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019) Seán Fleming: They are mainly dealt with by gardaí. Almost all of it is dealt with by An Garda Síochána. Does the Department of Justice and Equality know whether gardaí collect data on the reasons for cases being struck out? If 50% of defendants are saying that they did not receive the notice in the post, there must be some-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019) Seán Fleming: It would not be struck out without something being said in court.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019) Seán Fleming: It appears that 50% of cases are being struck out for a variety of reasons. If we had statistics on that, it might help us to secure a better rate of conviction down the road. We cannot achieve that if we do not collect the information that enables us to learn. That is all I am saying.
- 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 am sorry.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019) Seán Fleming: Has the Department of Justice and Equality ever discussed the issue with An Garda Síochána? It is clear that a Garda inspector handles all of these cases. He or she knows the reason and ticks the box. The raw material is being gathered in the court by the prosecuting side as to why a case has been struck out. The information is in the files. It would be useful to record 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: If they are looked at, it means that the statistics are collected.
- 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 analysis about which we are asking involves a breakdown of the reasons cases were 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: Will Mr. Fallon ask? The information is being recorded on the spot on the day . The inspector knows the reason offered and the judge’s decision. The raw material is available. The prosecution team cannot walk out of the courtroom without knowing why a case has been struck out. I should not have to spell it out because it is so basic. It cannot be the case that the information is...
- 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 am struggling. I cannot believe I have to go to the Comptroller and Auditor General who has to go back seven years to answer the question. I ask all witnesses, but nobody can give me an answer. Instead, I am referred to the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport. The information is available. Will somebody think about this matter? That is all I am asking. I am not giving him or...
- 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 Comptroller and Auditor General could not have written that paragraph seven years ago without there being some basis for it. The information is available and being collected every day.
- 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 offer my apologies to Deputy Munster, but Mr. John Burke from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform has indicated.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019) Seán Fleming: If Mr. Burke has some information available, raw or incomplete, he can send it to us. It would increase the confidence of the public in the system if it knew the system was watched and that records were kept.
- 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 are coming up to the weekly division time. I have a few short questions to ask. On the appropriation account, there is a figure for non-compliance with procurement rules which amounts to €3.371 million. I can read what is front of me and Ms Denning does not need to read it out. I want a more detailed, comprehensive note to be sent to the committee on each of the items. The...
- 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 are also assessing other Votes. For every Vote to which it applies, we ask the same question. We do not need to hear the details during this meeting. If Ms Denning has a note, she might send it in due course. The secretariat will specify precisely what we seek.
- 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 will ask the Courts Service to spell out the names and types of the contracts in further detail.
- 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 turn to the Courts Service's annual report of 2018. On the first chart, it is stated that in court funds, the service managed €1.929 billion. What role has the service in that regard?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019) Seán Fleming: Mr. Quigley is probably the man to advise me best on the matter