Eoghan Murphy
Question:1019. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is considering introducing a deduction at source facility for welfare recipients who have incurred court fines. [37105/13]
View answerWednesday, 18 September 2013
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The Fines (Payment and Recovery) Bill 2013 was published on 19 July last. The Bill does not provide for the recovery of fines by the attachment of social welfare payments. However, it does provide for the imposition of community service orders where a person fails to pay a fine and the court is of the view that it would not be appropriate to make either an attachment order or a recovery order. The Bill also provides for an enhanced instalment payment regime which will allow everyone on whom a fine is imposed to pay the fine by instalments over 12 months.