Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 8 October 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Examination of the Drivers of Violence and Criminality: Discussion

4:00 pm

Photo of Jim O'CallaghanJim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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I will ask a hard question and I am not trying to be unfair. What should we, as legislators, prescribe in legislation as the penalty for, say, somebody who is found guilty of a serious assault against another person? Would Dr. Lambert rule out imprisonment as a penalty?