Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 8 March 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Penal Reform: Discussion (Resumed)

9:00 am

Mr. Vivian Geiran:

Yes. They are working very well. The Fines Act, which comes fully into operation in terms of the various stages of sanctions that are available to the courts, will be fully operational this year. We expect to see a significant increase in people being referred to us for community service as an alternative when they have not paid a fine. Those people would have previously had a prison sentence imposed.

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