Shatter: Wallace stopped for using phone in car

Justice Minister Alan Shatter claimed fellow TD Mick Wallace had been stopped for speaking on his mobile phone while driving but that the garda had used his discretion.

On Last night’s RTÉ Prime Time programme, the two were debating the Garda inquiry into the cancellation of penalty points and the use of discretion by officers in not imposing points in certain circumstances.

Mr Wallace was one of four TDs who had campaigned for an investigation after information was received from Garda whistleblowers that points had been cancelled.