Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 24 November 2021
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality
Minorities Engaging with the Justice System: Discussion
Barry Ward (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
I wish to address the issue of juries again. Regarding what Ms O'Regan said, I am not sure I properly understood what she was suggesting. Was she suggesting that people should be polled concerning aspects of their lives that may be diverse, such as sexual orientation or being a member of the Traveller community or an ethnic community? Other groups of people may have intellectual disabilities or mental health difficulties that may affect jury service, and we encountered issues in the past concerning people who were blind or deaf serving on juries. Those are major issues for people serving on juries. My next point is for Dr. Mbugua, but I will let Ms O'Regan answer this question first, because I am not sure I understood her point.
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