Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 7 May 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

General Scheme of Criminal Justice (Community Sanctions) Bill: Discussion

2:50 pm

Ms Claire Casey:

I referred to the actual training we provide. I work for an organisation in Tallaght called the Childhood Development Initiative, which is one of the prevention and early intervention programme projects funded by Atlantic Philanthropies and the Department of Children and Youth Affairs. Over approximately four days, we deliver training in two areas - an introduction to restorative practices and an upskilling in restorative practices - to give people the skills to use a restorative approach to build relationships and resolve conflict easily. It is not restorative justice training.