John Kelly (Labour) | Oireachtas source

We must acknowledge that mistakes are made and that some people do not receive these fines. I notice from the answer prepared for the Minister of State, by the Department's officials, that it was assumed that people had received their fines. There is nothing definitive about the matter.

In the response it stated that, in some cases, people "would seek to avoid service by declining to accept such registered notices". That is fine but the letter can then be returned to the Department with it noted "refused to accept registered letter". At least the person will have been made well aware that there is a fine and he or she cannot escape that fact. In the past some of these fines were sent by registered post. I speak on behalf of the genuine people who do not get them but are summoned to court, must get a solicitor, get the fine doubled and suffer harsher measures dished out to them. I would appreciate if this matter received serious consideration.