Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The criminal justice (forensic evidence and DNA database system) Bill is very near completion and it is hoped that it will be published this session. The criminal law (sexual offences) Bill is probably the legislation to which the Deputy is referring in the context of electronic tagging. Proposals relating to this matter were brought to Government last July and it is hoped that the Bill will be published next year.

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