Charles Flanagan (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)

In his reply, the Minister mentioned "the possibility" of introducing the electronic tagging of sex offenders. Does this mean that the Minister's stance on the matter is cooling? My understanding was that an announcement had been made to the effect that this would happen. Is it still the Minister's intention to proceed along the lines that had been suggested by him? Since the introduction of the Criminal Justice Act 2007, which allows for the electronic tagging of certain offenders, not one person in this jurisdiction has been subjected to such tagging. Will the Minister specify in detail changes to legislation that will be required, having regard to the fact that such an order is not made at sentencing stage? Will he comment on the manner in which these post-release orders and conditions might be implemented without having to revisit the issue in the courts?

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