Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 13 February 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Interim Report on Review of Youth Referrals: An Garda Síochána

Photo of Jack ChambersJack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

That is an important learning point. We have probably missed the boat for the resurrection of many prosecutions, which is regrettable. The Garda knew in 2014 and allowed a two-year window to develop without addressing it. I understand that there must be an internal process to address the issues but it will be a disappointment for victims that it took almost a four-year window to have proper engagement with the DPP on the resurrection of prosecutions. On that point, 7,894 were not appropriately progressed. That equates to 5% of all referrals. Is there an indicative figure for what percentage of that will be resurrected? Has the DPP established a specific team to examine what it can resurrect or what it can do to try to rectify the scale of this? What has been the feedback from the DPP in that regard?

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