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Law on Begging

  • 24-08-2009 8:36pm
    #1
    murrayp4
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 969 ✭✭✭


    I remember reading in November last year that Dermot Ahern was to publish a bill regarding public begging. Does anyone know if the bill was published or passed??


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  • #2
    murrayp4
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 969 ✭✭✭murrayp4


    Bump?


  • #3
    Tom Young
    Legal Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 4,338 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tom Young


    Yea, I went looking for it and couldn't find it. I suspect it may have fallen victim to the economic and banking crisis. The Vagrancy Act or some form of act needs to be brought back in. I for one, get quite nervous when hoards of (generally, but not limited to) Romany folks swarm the exteriors of some of Dublin's better drinking spots.

    When they force a baby into your face, they can be covered under the Child Care Act, but it's a right pain in the face for a Garda as I think that the HSE have to be called etc. and the usual claims of police abuse follow. It's frankly a 2/3 Garda exercise.

    Tom

    PS: I could be wrong in that, but the Bill is not on the Oireachtas side or Justice.


  • #4
    murrayp4
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 969 ✭✭✭murrayp4


    Yep, I couldn't find any bills so I'd say it's been swept under the carpet or put on the back burner.
    I spoke to a friend earlier in the week and he has a problem with beggars coming onto his business premises and begging/intimidating customers. Apparently the Gardaí are pretty powerless as there is no law against begging. I don't think trespass would be a runner either as there is no intent to commit an offence (according to the Garda he spoke to)


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