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A NEW REPORT has been released that outlines how Ireland plans to tackle youth crime in the next five years.
The Youth Justice Action Plan is a combined commission from the Department of Justice, the Department of Children and the Irish Youth Justice Service.
It will form part of the National Anti-Crime Strategy being developed by the Department of Justice and Equality as part of the White Paper on Crime process, with its focus on crime reduction and safer communities.
In the report, there are five goals: ensuring confidence and investment, strengthening the data that is used, to strengthened targeted interventions, promoting the use of community measures, including restorative justice and making detention centres safe.
The report has been welcomed by both ministers responsible, with Minister for Children Frances Fitzgerald saying that the resources for facilities were being provided.
“This Government has grasped the challenge of ensuring that proper facilities will be available in a suitable setting by committing over €50 million to the development of the new national children’s detention facility (NCDF) campus at Oberstown. I am happy that the first of these new facilities will be delivered in the third Quarter of 2014.”
She was echoed by Justice Minister Alan Shatter, who said that the plan was “testament to the joined up Government approach to the promotion of integrated policy and service delivery in respect of these vulnerable children.”
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A good kick up the arse would sort most of those little thugs out
The late great Jim ‘Lugs’ Branigan proved that beyond doubt.
A good kick up the arse might sort out some kid who’s trampled on your daffodils or knocked his bike against your car.
The thugs out there today need to be met blow for blow, zero tolerance American cop style is the only way to go.
If that’s the case how come we still have the problem
That’s what
Keeps the problem going
Jim is no longer with us and the do-gooders prevented his excellent work being continued. But Jim also gave lots of people self-respect by teaching kids how to box and the training gave them self-discipline plus he dealt with a few chaps who were neglecting their families by having a quiet word with them and helping them to get jobs. Up there with Willie Birmingham for his unsung social efforts.
I’m just after getting off the redline LUAS and feel pretty despondent about the future of youth crime
Here’s an idea. Stop cutting funding to local youth groups and community projects. Theres your f****** answer
You understand that “funding” means “taxes” on an already over-taxed people (the middle class).
Why don’t you give your resources to these places and do your fair share rather than looking for someone else to solve the problem? Isn’t that a better solution?
I did michael if you must know. But what good did it do. Nothing because central funding was pulled. Now they’re wasting money coming up with ideas. Vicious stupid circle
I particularly love the white socks and tracksuits tucked..uneducated pond life!a good tazer would sort a lot of them out!
Or when they have their paws down their grey trackys scratching their nuts, such graceful young men
I completely misread the headline as ‘Govt unveils plan to tackle youth unemployment’. #WishfulThinking
This the funniest thing I have read all day. The young criminals will also get a laugh out of this because they know are criminal justice system is the weakest in the western world.
Put them to work writing reports, Ireland’s only growth industry.
How about trying investing for a properly resourced education system? Early intervention rather than a 30:1 pupil/teacher ratio oftentimes in prefabs yields results not just for problems like this. The correlation between early school leaving and involvement in crime has been proven time and again.
But headline-grabbing lazy journalism doesn’t pay too much attention to stats like these.
Give youths a chance by lowering the minimum wage and letting unskilled workers compete and start their own business.
Otherwise they steal and deal to get by.
Joblessness and crime go hand in hand.
Give the non-unionised skilled workers a chance, PLEASE.
*skilled and unskilled
Michael, you sir are an idiot!!!
Oh that’s great logic. Congratulations on such a fine rebuttal and debate. Glad you are coming up with solutions
So everyone without a job is a criminal? Oooooookay
Did I say that?
Keep beating that strawman
Yes, let unskilled people start businesses. Please just explain how in God’s name that could work??? No skills means that they don’t know how to run a business, hence failing and having a massive debt of starting a business over their head.
What about selling something that people need? There is a need for low skilled jobs again like working in petrol stations (when is the last time you weren’t served by yourself?)
Why would you not let the poor work? Do you want social Darwinism?
Ah yes the ol hoodi no crime without it, won’t want to be heading to the gym in one of them. Must get me suit out , oh wait , they will think I am in court !!! STEROTYPING!
Pay Rudy Giuliani to sort out teen crime.
When there is parental issues the apple wont fall far from the tree. You wont see shatter or enda’s kids getting asbo’s
No they’ll just be very good at telling lies.
People brake the law, get caught and walk free.they don’t care because they know they face little or no punishment. Start punishing criminals properly and you have a chance of reducing crime. Investment in the prison system is what is needed.
If you want to tackle crime then get some jobs for the youth instead of trying to pawn them off as slave labour to multinationals with your jobs bridge scheme
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