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
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
It is important this is known because if it was the case, and it may not be the case, that they accepted responsibility for that individual behaviour, it raises the possibility that victims in these 55 cases came forward to the Garda complaining of a sexual assault, rape or violent assault and the young person in question accepted he or she had responsibility for it but nothing was done. If this is the case, and Mr. Harris may not be able to tell me now if it is, but if it is it is an absolutely appalling vista and would be incredibly upsetting for the victim. In these cases where we have, rightly, seen a fair bit of discussion on disciplinary procedures and the effort to get things right, is anything now being done to pursue those very serious offences, regarding people who are guilty of sexual offences in two instances at least and other serious offences? Is anything being done to ensure they face responsibility for their actions? Is there anything that can be done?
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