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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: 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?

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.