Garda whistleblower may address PAC

A Garda whistleblower who provided a “box of evidence” alleging widespread abuse of the penalty points system may have to give evidence to the Dáil’s Public Accounts Committee in private next week.

The Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan — who said the committee was not authorised to examine the dossier and demanded it be returned to him — will be before the PAC today to discuss the implementation of the penalty points system.

He told PAC chairman John McGuinness that he will not answer questions on individual cases, and his role there will be to discuss a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General which found that a fifth of motorists caught for fixed-charge notices evaded fines.