Dan Boyle (Green Party)

The best area of effective co-operation would be, as highlighted in the Minister of State's speech, between the probation services in both jurisdictions. We need a common standard on how one identifies persons as they are being dealt with in prison, and Senator O'Toole's point about the usage of the facilities that should be there for sex offenders, and how persons as and when they are released are dealt with in both jurisdictions is an important factor.

It is an area that sometimes is prone to hysterical debate in certain types of media. This debate is important and proper effective measures developed by the Government, or any effective Government, will help alleviate much of the ongoing concern in this area.