Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 21 October 2015
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality
General Scheme of the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill: Discussion
10:00 am
Ms Joan Deane:
We have an obligation to deal with crime. As Deputy Anne Ferris said, our sentencing laws are very questionable at the moment and we need to look at how we respond to serious crime. I know it is not part of the directive but it can be worked on in tandem with the directive. We need to have an appropriate response to serious crime and at the moment we do not.