Theresa Ahearn
Question:88 Mrs. T. Ahearn asked the Minister for Justice if he will open a petition for a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary, bearing in mind his inability to pay this fine; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Written Answers. - Payment of Fine.
It would be contrary to long established practice and, I am satisfied, inappropriate for me as Minister for Justice to deal at Question Time with individual petitions for the remission or mitigation of penalties. I would not, therefore, feel able either to treat a parliamentary question as a petition for such remission or to offer comments on the merits or otherwise of an individual case which might be the subject of a petition in the normal way.
If the Deputy lodges a petition in the normal way, it will, of course, be processed.