Fianna Fáil calls for trespassing to become a criminal offence
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Jim O'Callaghan
Trespassing should become a criminal offence in order to protect Irish businesses and landowners from theft and burglary, Fianna Fáil has said.
The opposition party has called for a review of trespass laws in order to tackle rising rural crime rates.
Justice spokesperson Jim O’Callaghan TD said: “At present, illegal trespassing is dealt with solely under our civil law system. It is not treated as a criminal issue.
“Fianna Fáil believes that this needs to be changed so that some serious forms of trespass can be categorised as crimes. This is necessary to deal with those types of trespass which are for the purpose of gathering information about property that can be then be used to commit theft and burglary.
“That type of premeditated trespass can have a very damaging impact on farmers, landowners and businesses.”
He added: “To deal with the scourge of rural crime, other changes are needed. Bail laws must be changed to ensure that repeat offenders cannot get bail as easily as they can at present.”
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