New legislation will allow for electronic monitoring of sex offenders

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The new bill published by the Justice Minister also gives additional powers to gardaí.

MINISTER FOR JUSTICE Helen McEntee has published new legislation which will provide for electronic monitoring of sex offenders and allow gardaí to disclose information about people on the sex offenders’ register in certain circumstances.

Minister McEntee said she “understands the concerns communities can have about sex offenders and the protection of public safety and our citizens, and this legislation will help to alleviate those concerns”.“Tackling domestic, sexual and gender based violence and supporting victims of crime are priorities for me and my department,” the minister said.

“I also want to reform the criminal justice system to make it more victim centred, and this Bill contains significant measures to help in that work.

 

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Let's bring this in for the unvaxed. They are far more vilified than sex offenders in Ireland afterall. install an alarm on it that will go off if they come with 2m of a vaxed person and if they enter a pub or restaurant it could send an electric volt to heart to kill them

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