Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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It can be included in that. Obviously, one cannot review nothing. That is a pretty serious indictment of our system. One does not need to be a rocket scientist to know that this is the key way to ensure that bail conditions are adhered to and it works particularly well with vulnerable groups. We have the children and young people's part, which is key, but those with chaotic lifestyles or drug addictions find it difficult to comply with the conditions. If they get the intervention early on, all of the evidence shows that court appearances and adherence skyrocket. As a result, what is proposed is an attempt to build this in because the normal statutory review after 12 or 24 months would not provide for a review of bail supports or an examination of that area. I will look at the next stage. I note what has been said and I am glad that it is deemed worthy of further consideration but I would still like to see something in this. We would not call it a review but it would be an examination of the types of supports or something like that. Other than that, we are not looking comprehensively at bail. I accept the point that "review" is the wrong word in the context of the lack of adult services and that we might look at rewording it on Report Stage.