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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of the Firearms and Offensive Weapons (Amendment) Bill 2021 (28 May 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...treated in hospitals because they were the victims of knife assaults. In 2023, we saw an increase of 12% on the previous year in that 213 knife assault victims were treated in our hospitals in that year. The statistics indicate that there is, I regret to say, a growing problem with young men, and I regret to say that it is generally young men, who are carrying knives. At the outset, I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of the Firearms and Offensive Weapons (Amendment) Bill 2021 (28 May 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...can be imposed is five years. In terms of the effectiveness of it, it may not be the case that changing penalties makes it more effective and reduces the number of offences but what it does is indicate to the public and persons that this is an offence that the Oireachtas regards as reaching into the more serious realm. That can be effective in itself. When legislation is going through,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of the Firearms and Offensive Weapons (Amendment) Bill 2021 (28 May 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...in possession of a knife and it is a first offence, I think the court is going to look sympathetically on that. However, the purpose here, and I am sorry to be repetitive, is, as the Taoiseach indicated, to send a stronger message in respect of the possession of knives with the intention to inflict harm on others. The danger is that if we do nothing about it, it becomes a phenomenon. It...