Coalition rejects calls for penalty points inquiry

The Government has rejected calls for an independent inquiry into the cancellation of thousands of penalty points by gardaí.

The decision came as an Oireachtas Justice Committee considers if it will hold hearings on the Garda probe into the termination of fines and whether names, of gardaí and motorists linked with quashed points, will be published.

The committee’s chairman said yesterday legal advice would be sought.