Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 19 January 2010
582 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to introduce new laws to prohibit vagrancy and begging in public places; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1324/10]
View answerI plan to bring new legislation on begging to Government for its approval to publish.
The new legislation arises from and will take account of the High Court judgement in the Dillon case. The Court held in that case that the current law, i.e. Section 3 of the Vagrancy (Ireland) Act 1847, was unconstitutional.
