Whistleblower’s penalty points testimony to be made public

Details of alleged abuses of the penalty points system are now almost certain to be made public, with the garda whistleblower likely to formally request a transcript of his meeting on Thursday with the Dáil’s Public Accounts Committee.

The PAC was last night expecting a request from Sergeant Maurice McCabe following his three-hour, private testimony on what he claims is the loss of millions of euro of State money through a failure to properly implement the system.

He is seeking a transcript of the evidence he gave to the group of 13 TDs, which sources say demonstrated a greater problem than was indicated by the internal Garda report published last year.