Jim O'Keeffe (Cork South West, Fine Gael)

Of course, but one must put it in place to establish the scale. We must have a first person to be tagged. It works and the suggestion that it is like the Star of David in Denmark during the Second World War is wrong. A tag is like a watch worn on the ankle or wrist. It is generally placed around the ankle where it is covered by a tracksuit or a pair of jeans. In a recent case in the UK a Premiership footballer was tagged and wore it on his leg during a match. I do not see any practical difficulties from this point of view. We must take on board that what worked in other countries can and should work here. I wish to see a wholehearted endorsement of this approach and, from a practical point of view, the implementation of it. I fear implementation must now wait the departure of this Government and the election of the next.

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