Legal bid to warn partners of sex offenders
Where gardaí or probation officers become aware that an offender is living with a new partner, or has access to children, they will notify the person. The system may also allow people to contact police, as in the North, and ask if a partner who is due to move in with them is a sex offender.
The move, which has been welcomed by rape survivor groups, is part of a raft of measures on sex offenders being progressed by the Department of Justice. Other measures include:
