Dáil debates

Wednesday, 25 September 2024

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages

 

6:00 pm

Photo of Brendan HowlinBrendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

If a child commits a particularly heinous murder - and we have seen some - and ages out, and is committed to prison for that terrible crime by a court, is it the Minister's view then that the same challenge could be available to them for that custodial sentence, as was available in the case of the recent High Court decision that gave rise to this legislation?

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