asked the Minister for Justice if he will accede to the petition to reduce the fine imposed on a person (details supplied) in County Limerick which Deputy O'Dea made to his predecessor.
Written Answers . - Reduction of Fine Petition .
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, Limerick East): Ministers for Justice, down the years, have as a matter of principle declined to say, in reply to Parliamentary Questions, whether or how they might exercise powers of remission or commutation of a penalty imposed on a person convicted of a criminal offence. I am satisfied that this practice is well justified and I think it necessary to adhere to it.
When I have made a decision on the petition to which the question relates, I will inform the Deputy of the position.