Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It goes back to the Deputy's original point, which I referred to in my response, that any person convicted of a serious crime will have gone before the courts in a public manner. The media can report, though I accept that does not happen in every instance.

In relation to Jason Poole and the awful circumstances of his sister's murder, I cannot commend him enough on the work he has done in advocating on her behalf and that of all victims of murder at the hands of their partners. I have given a commitment, as was clear in our strategy launched last week, to work with An Garda Síochána to examine the possibility of a register for perpetrators of domestic violence or serious crimes of this type. I have met with the Garda Commissioner, discussed it with him on two occasions and asked him and his team to come back to me directly on how this could work, taking into account GDPR, looking at other jurisdictions where it has come into place and seeing how it could be applied here. I have given a commitment to Jason that I will respond to him as quickly as possible.

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