Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 12 March 2013
484. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to increase the mandatory minimum sentences already in place for offences to bring them more in line with the UK (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12908/13]
View answerThe UK case referred to by the Deputy was a conviction for murder. In the UK , as in Ireland, the mandatory penalty for murder is life imprisonment. The Irish case referred to by the Deputy was a conviction for manslaughter which does not attract a mandatory penalty in either jurisdiction but is punishable in both by a maximum of life imprisonment.
