A Tipperary TD says he baffled as to why it has taken 10 years to enforce the electronic tagging of people on bail.
While the Act of 2007 permits a court granting bail to make it a condition that the person’s movements are monitored electronically, this provision was never brought into force.
It is up to the prosecution in a case to apply for tagging of a defendant, and this hasn’t been happening.
Deputy Mattie McGrath says Gardaí are busy enough without individually checking on each offender.
