Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I do not suggest a register of persons convicted of minor or summary offences, or for other than violent criminal offences. What I suggest arises from the fact that I, like the Minister, recently met Jason Poole, whose sister Jennifer was brutally murdered a year ago by a man who had a conviction for stabbing another partner of his. The point Jason Poole made to me and many others was that, had she been aware of his violent past, she would not have commenced or continued a relationship with him. We need to look at information being provided to affected persons in respect of those convicted of crimes of violence. We publish details of those involved in tax fraud. When a solicitor or doctor is stuck off the register, that information is provided. I do not suggest we provide information about people convicted of minor offences, but for those convicted or serious criminal acts of violence, some assessment needs to be done as to how the public can be warned of that.

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