Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 24 November 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Minorities Engaging with the Justice System: Discussion

Ms Collette O'Regan:

I am not sure about the GDPR issues either. This is, however, a conversation and an issue worth exploring further. Perhaps we could talk to others who may be more expert in the legalities of this aspect, but the CSO, for example, includes such questions. It is, of course, not a guarantee that people will answer the questions honestly. I suppose people can only feel safe if there is a feeling that everyone has been asked and will answer the same questions. I am not sure how else we can begin to do this. Something like this is needed, and if it is not a matter of questions being asked, initially, then I am not sure that people will come. People may well be there on juries already, but they might be closeted and afraid that if they were to say who they were, the revelations would colour everything else they might say after that and their contributions would be heard in a different way.

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