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
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
Bringing someone in under the Garda youth diversion programme at least subliminally suggests diverting people away from a pathway on which they would otherwise find themselves. I wonder just is it properly titled or described? Is it fair? There are levels of seriousness. In some cases that association almost amounts to labelling a young person who might never find himself or herself in conflict with the Garda or with society for the rest of his or her life.
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