Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I might add something to that. I wish to refer to the Parole Board. It occurs to me that, on a practical level, any electronic system is only as good as the human resources behind it to address a breach of registration or conditions. I am not sure whether the research reflects this. We have enough difficulty in this jurisdiction with breaches of bail. Very often it is not the bail conditions that are the problem; rather, it is the ability of the Garda to deal with somebody who is not complying with them. The same applies to conditions on release from prison following a conviction. I refer to where electronic tagging is used but where the State does not have the resources to pursue somebody whose electronic tag indicates he is going to places he is not meant to be or is not showing up at the Garda station or wherever else he is required to be. I would like a general comment on that.

In one of the statements, I am not sure which, there was commentary on the stigmatising effect of tagging. Is there experience in other jurisdictions of doing it more discreetly in terms of design and all that kind of stuff?