The Daily PollFIGURES REVEALED BY the CSO show that around 10 per cent of released sex offenders have breached the requirement to notify gardai of their current address.
Independent TD Denis Naughten said that Ireland needs to put a sex offenders’ register on a statutory footing. While he doesn’t believe that the register should be fully open to public viewing, he said community and parent organisations should be able to request information on any convicted sex offenders living in their area.
Justice Minister Alan Shatter has indicated that such legislation may soon be passed. However, it is unlikely that it would go as far as the so-called ‘Megan’s Law’ in the US where any member of the public can access the sex offenders’ register.
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