Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Probation Judgments and Decisions) Bill 2018

Public bill · Government · Presented

Makes it possible for probation orders and similar non-custodial sentences to be supervised across EU countries. An Irish resident sentenced in another member state could come home and be monitored by the Irish Probation Service, while a person who lives in another member state and is sentenced in Ireland could return home under supervision there. It also sets out how Irish courts and the Minister for Justice would recognise, transfer, adapt, or refuse these cases, so supervision can continue even when the person moves country. That matters because it helps offenders serve community-based penalties close to home and makes cross-border justice work more smoothly.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to give effect to Council Framework Decision 2008/947/JHA of 27 November 2008 on the application of the principle of mutual recognition to judgments and probation decisions with a view to the supervision of probation measures and alternative sanctions, as amended by Council Framework Decision 2009/299/JHA of 26 February 2009 amending Framework Decisions 2002/584/JHA, 2005/214/JHA, 2006/783/JHA, 2008/909/JHA and 2008/947/JHA, thereby enhancing the procedural rights of persons and fostering the application of the principle of mutual recognition to decisions rendered in the absence of the person concerned at the trial; and to provide for related matters.

Last updated 10 July 2019