Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 28 November 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

General Scheme of Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion

9:00 am

Photo of Clare DalyClare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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That is really useful because my feeling is that we are framing this very much in the context of protecting the public and if we are to actually do that then it is critical that it is evidence based.

I want to ask the PSNI about the categories. Category 3 was mentioned as the highest level. Who decides the categories at that earlier stage? Who carries that out? Is that just the PSNI or is it at the interagency level? I would like a little bit more detail on who decides that. I know the speakers said that it was tailored to the individual and it is very helpful that it is done in a supportive and co-operative way with the offender in terms of the disclosure issues but the witnesses would presumably agree with the points made about confidentiality.

On the foreign travel orders, how many has the PSNI applied for? How does the PSNI approach that? Does a person have to tell the PSNI or how does that work?