Currently 1,756 convicted sex offenders living in communities across Ireland, Why Wait until the end of this year, People have the Right to know, if Paedophiles, live near or next door to them. Childrens Safety, should be the Priority.

There are currently 1,756 convicted sex offenders living in communities across Ireland, new Garda figures have revealed.

And the Government has confirmed that a raft of new measures to track and trace them will be made law by the end of the year.The Department of Justice said the police for the first time ever will have the power to inform families that a pervert is living beside them if they fear he or she is a serious danger to the public.138437485146

This will now involve the gardai, Probation Officers and Tusla by law to access and manage the risk posed by these individuals.

The new legislation drawn up by the Justice Minister Helen McEntee will give gardai the power to electronically tag high risk rapists and paedophiles who have done their time.

The tags will be used to make them comply with a sex offenders court order or post release supervision so the authorities always know where they are.

Up until now a person on the Sex Offenders Register had seven days to notify the Gardai if they were moving to a new address either at home or abroad. This is being changed to three days.