Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 17 May 2017

Select Committee on Justice and Equality

Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016: Committee Stage

9:00 am

Photo of Frances FitzgeraldFrances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

What Deputy Daly wants is all relevant information on the decision not to prosecute. This has been subject to huge debate. Obviously, I agree with the principle of giving reasons and giving victims as much information as possible as to why a decision would be made not to prosecute. The concern we have and that I have been advised is at issue here relates to the particular points made. Perhaps we can address that more fully when we come back. We may be able to find a form of words that addresses the points the Deputy is making about it being relevant but which does not trespass into the territory of making other criminal proceedings difficult or does not breach data protection or privacy rights of other people. If she were willing to accept "relevant", we could probably live with that.

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