James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Under section 16, there is provision for the Minister to invite views and opinions from other parties, and that would include the victims. It will be a matter for the Minister of the day to do that, effectively, if he or she thinks it is appropriate at that point in terms of making that key decision to transfer. It will be a discretion of the Minister of the day. I suppose the Minister of the day will take into consideration what the nature of the crime was and who the victim was.