Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 13 March 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Black Market: Discussion with National Federation of Retail Newsagents

2:15 pm

Ms Deirdre Drennan:

We want this to be treated as a serious crime. Under existing legislation it is not a serious crime; it is a crime with very low consequences. The results of surveys such as that mentioned by Mr. Mulligan and the fines imposed on people convicted trivialise it as a crime.