Dáil debates
Thursday, 17 July 2025
Criminal Justice (Promotion of Restorative Justice) (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members]
11:10 am
Pa Daly (Kerry, Sinn Fein)
I will briefly wrap up. I would like to be associated with all the comments made regarding the staff, the Ceann Comhairle, the Department of justice and my own party. I have a couple of brief points to make. There should be very few limits, if any, on restorative justice. I see what the Minister of State is saying about dismissing cases but cases are commonly dismissed under the probation Act anyway. The Minister of State also mentioned that this could affect Garda vetting. There was a Garda vetting Bill that proposed something like the Safe Pass, which would protect children and vulnerable adults and also make the system a bit more flexible. I thank the Government for its support. Let us have a further debate when the Bill gets to Committee Stage. We can do something that will provide referral pathways at every point in the criminal justice system, have such referrals happen as often as possible and provide the resources and funding to improve the system in its totality.
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