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
Jim 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?