Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)

We passed the legislation and it is up the Garda to implement it. I intend to bring forward proposals on the electronic tagging of sex offenders in the not too distant future. An interim report published in June by Department recommended introducing this practice on a pilot basis and I want to move on this as quickly as possible, although obviously I must achieve value for money. We think the measure can be viable provided it is kept to a reasonably small cohort of sex offenders on release. However, I must await the final report, which I expect in the not too distant future, before making a decision.

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