Penalty points audit due in 3 weeks

A powerful Oireachtas committee is due to receive the full report of the internal Garda audit into the second penalty points controversy in three weeks’ time.

The Public Accounts Committee is expected to be given details of each allegation Sgt Maurice McCabe has made and the results of the audit’s examination. It is thought the second set of penalty point allegations span a period from January 2013 up to last month. This includes claims related to periods since June 16, when a strict cancellation system was installed.

Sgt McCabe previously made allegations on penalty points spanning 2011 and 2012, which resulted in two critical reports about the system, by the Comptroller and Auditor General and the Garda Inspectorate.