FG calls for tagging of criminals

FINE GAEL want juvenile criminals and released sex offenders to be electronically tagged under radical proposals to tackle crime.

"Fine Gael, in Government, will extend the probation and welfare service. This will involve the introduction of a Home Detention Curfew Scheme and the use of electronic tagging," said the party's justice spokesman, Jim O'Keeffe.

"Fine Gael proposes that electronic tagging be introduced initially for juvenile offenders and also sex offenders on release."