Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 26 June 2025
Public Accounts Committee
Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
2:00 am
James Geoghegan (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
I thank the deputy commissioner. I had not intended for this to be as long as it is. I have one other question that I will put to the Commissioner, which relates to Garda juvenile diversion programmes. No Minister has ever issued regulations under the Act to say that certain offences are exempted from being considered for inclusion in Garda juvenile diversion programmes, for example, murder or a very serious sexual offence. The Commissioner probably cannot advise on policy, but in respect of how the juvenile diversion programme has operated, does he have a view as to whether offences perhaps should be excluded from consideration for the programme?
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