Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 28 May 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Scrutiny of the Firearms and Offensive Weapons (Amendment) Bill 2021

Photo of Pa DalyPa Daly (Kerry, Sinn Fein)
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To reiterate, the point is that when the maximum penalty was increased, it could not be dealt with on indictment until 2009, if my memory is correct. Mr. O'Neill will probably be able to tell me. That does not seem to have had the desired effect. It would be my concern that the number carrying knives has increased rather than decreased. The intention behind the penalty, reducing the number of people carrying knives, does not seem to be working in the absence of-----