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
Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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Just to conclude on that, I do not think they are incompatible. Obviously, we should be spending money on youth work and community projects and trying to ensure that younger men and boys have other outlets to avoid them getting involved in fights and knife crime but we cannot just sidestep the criminal justice side of it. That is my submission to the committee.