Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 13 December 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Shoplifting: Discussion

Mr. Michael O'Driscoll:

I do not agree with that. Obviously there are people who come from disadvantaged areas.

Ultimately, however, you are talking about people coming in and being very aggressive to us and we have done nothing wrong to them. We are just trying to run a business. We are trying to manage our businesses and protect our staff. All we want to do is it make a living. The idea that it is not for us but for a different body of people to deal with. What we are dealing with is people robbing. There has to be punishment, whatever that punishment is, because there is no other means by which to improve the situation.

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