All-island assessment of sex offenders by year-end

SEX offenders will be assessed and possibly monitored on an all-Ireland basis by the end of 2009, according to Minister for Children Barry Andrews.

Addressing a conference titled Perspectives on Sex Offending, hosted by the Association for Criminal Justice Research & Development’s (ACJRD), Mr Andrews said one of the priority targets for this year would be the introduction of an all-island system for the assessment of sex offenders.

“The work on this initiative is led within this jurisdiction by the Probation Service and the Garda Síochána.”