Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 4 November 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
General Scheme of the Children (Amendment) Bill 2024: Discussion
2:00 am
Dr. Louise Forde:
We refer to the incremental raising of the age to 23 as the first point. That was based on some international practice, for example, in the Netherlands, which extends juvenile justice laws up to the age of 23. Up to the age of 25 would be in line with our other strategies or policies and it would also be in line with the neuroscientific evidence.
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