Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

I am not inviting the Minister of State to comment on sentencing policy, but parts of the Children Act have been incrementally invoked since 2001. These provisions are a matter of public policy and were bruited in this House as part of the response to juvenile vandalism, anti-social behaviour and general miscreancy. Why, seven year later, have they not been invoked?

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