Shortall: Punish parents for child’s antisocial behaviour

Parents should be held accountable by the courts for their child’s antisocial behaviour, a Government minister has said.

Róisín Shortall, minister of state at the Department of Health, said these parents should be hit with court supervision orders and court fines.

She said these provisions were on the statute books, via the Children Act 2001, and were available to the courts, but said judges were not using them.