Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 16 April 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the Proceeds of Crime (Amendment) Bill 2024: Discussion

Mr. Kevin McMeel:

We try to do our own due diligence in that regard. It is important from a reputation perspective that the bureau is not seen to be selling the properties back to the very criminals from whom we have taken it away. In other jurisdictions, they do not care about that. I know that is the case in Holland. They do not do any due diligence and their view is that if a criminal buys it again, they will just take it off them again. I suppose there is some merit to that view as well.