Seanad – even though he stayed in his Dublin home on the nights in question. Following further revelations about Callely's expenses in August 2010, he was suspended without prejudice from the Fianna Fáil party pending the outcome of an internal investigation. A further complaint against Callely followed later that month and he resigned from the Fianna Fáil organisation on 24 August. Arrests and conviction Callely was arrested on 25 January 2012 concerning allegations he had used forged receipts for mobile phone kits. He was arrested again in April 2013, and taken to Clontarf Garda Station, where he was charged in connection with alleged fraud and theft offences. The charges were reported to relate to an ongoing investigation about the alleged use of false invoices to claim expenses for the purchase of mobile phones. Later that day he was charged with six counts of using fraudulent instruments in the Dublin Criminal Courts of Justice. In March 2014, Callely pleaded guilty to making false mobile phone expenses claims while a member of the Oireachtas, and was convicted in July 2014 and sentenced to 5 months in prison. In passing sentence, Judge Mary Ellen Ring ruled that Callely's position at the time was an aggravating factor and said that a prison term was demanded by the public interest. He served his sentence at Wheatfield Prison in Clondalkin, Dublin. Separately, on 27 April 2012, Callely was fined €150 in court for driving without an NCT disc displayed. In May 2012, the Irish Independent reported that Callely was overpaid almost €6,000 in mileage expenses while he was a Minister of State from 2004 to 2005. This error (separate to the invoice fraud) was discovered in 2010 but he had refused to pay back the money. When Callely was asked by the Department of Transport to make proposals for repayment on a goodwill basis, he replied that due to the need to devote his energy to other proceedings he was not in a position to deal with the issue at that time. In May 2016 a bench order was again issued for Callely's arrest, when he failed to attend a court sitting relating to non-payment of a debt. It was subsequently reported on Tuesday 17 May that Callely had already made arrangements to pay this debt and therefore did not need to appear in court. This was explained as a breakdown in communication. It was reported