Ivana Bacik (Independent)

I move amendment No. 75:

In page 35, subsection (2), between lines 1 and 2, to insert the following:

"(b) initiatives for the prevention and reduction of anti-social behaviour, including but not limited to family intervention and mediation services,".

This amendment expands on the existing proposals in the Bill for the prevention and reduction of anti-social behaviour by inserting the words "family intervention and mediation services". Again, this is to try to move the emphasis of section 34 away from the criminal justice aspects of anti-social behaviour, important though they are, and towards a more positive aspect of prevention, which is supporting families. It is an attempt to give a specific basis for such initiatives, which I think housing authorities will adopt, in any event, in their anti-social behaviour strategies, by specifying that these things can be included in their initiatives to prevent and reduce anti-social behaviour and that they should not be limited to criminal justice measures.