Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 30 September 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

General Scheme of the Criminal Law and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025: Discussion

2:00 am

Ms Saoirse Brady:

No. It will need to be significantly resourced especially if there is talk of expanding it past Dublin, Limerick and Cork. We need to see that. When we look at who is in Oberstown, we see that judges are clearly using it in those three locations. The areas outside of that, where they do not have a remit, is where a lot of young people come into the system for very minor crimes that could be better dealt with using therapeutic supports through the bail supervision scheme.

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