Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 23 June 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters
Accessing Justice: Discussion
Mr. John Farrelly:
The lack of data across the whole system needs to be resolved. To be fair to the Department of Justice, it is one of the lead Departments that is concentrating on putting data across the system. However, it has not been successful in this regard to date. I often wonder because if you did not have the information right on an arrest or transfer warrant that is required in law you would be released so why not change the law whereby if there is specific data in respect of disability that it is included? Where it was available to the State previously, it should be available now. That is one way.
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