€1.58m electronic tagging scheme to track prisoners on release and offenders on bail

Pilot project will involve the electronic tagging of prisoners on temporary release, sex offenders, or persons before the courts on bail.

The Department of Justice is to spend an estimated €1.58m on a new pilot project involving the electronic tagging of prisoners on temporary release, sex offenders, or persons before the courts on bail.

In a new tender, the department says the contract for the pilot will provide for 30 devices, with the option to draw down a further 20 devices in batches of 10.