Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 21 May 2024
Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth
Review of Barnahus Model for Young People who have Experienced Child Sexual Abuse: Discussion
Mr. Justin Kelly:
I apologise for interrupting the Cathaoirleach. I did not address the actual point she was making on the DPP. The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions is not represented here today but it now has a specialist section dealing with sexual crimes. This was not always the case heretofore as the cases went in with the hoi polloi of all of the general crime cases. Now there are specialist people in the section dealing with all of these cases. The volume and capacity is not something I can comment on but I know that our investigators and some of Mr. Noonan's people know some of the people in the office very well and know their expertise. We share some training opportunities with them when we can. It has improved a lot with regard to the people involved in these cases. They really know what they are doing.
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