Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 17 July 2013
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children
Young People in Detention: Discussion with the Ombudsman for Children.
4:40 pm
Jerry Buttimer (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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I question whether there is a temptation in passing sentence to point towards sending the young person away in the first instance rather than taking the other steps such as community service or others down the road? Am I wrong in making that assertion? It seems there has been an increase-----