Mark Daly (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am sure the Minister would agree. It costs €6.45 to put an electronic tag on a person - that is what the mechanism costs - whereas it costs €263 a day to put him or her in prison. The Minister of State was allowed to give a reply to the House that this is not necessarily the most cost-effective way to challenge and change an offender's behaviour.

I will read the alternative - that is what section 102 was - from the Library and Research Service.