Thomas Pringle (Donegal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

This has been a very interesting discussion so far. Perhaps I am naive or simply wrong but one of the things that strikes me is that we seem to be having a Dublin postcode discussion. It seems that antisocial behaviour only happens in certain areas and that those are the areas that come into contact with the Probation Service and the Penal Reform Trust. If I am wrong, I would be grateful if the witnesses said so, but as I understand it, antisocial behaviour happens in all communities. It happens in middle class and well-off communities as well and has an impact there too. Statistics have been quoted here about people who come into contact with the criminal justice system but people in middle class and well-off communities largely do not come into such contact. How realistic are those figures in that context? Is it an issue that cuts across all communities?