Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)

I move amendmentNo. 44:

In page 13, to delete lines 4 to 12.

I argued previously against the concept of outsourcing any part of the justice system. This provision deals with arrangements for electronic monitoring and allows the Minister to make contractual arrangements with any persons he or she considers fit to conduct the monitoring. This would permit the outsourcing of electronic tagging. My preference is that this should be an additional task which would be allocated to the probation and welfare service. If required, that service should be enabled to employ additional staff to carry out this task. The people monitoring an electronic tagging scheme should be public servants.

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