Third Discussion Document - 'Organised and White Collar Crime' - Summary of Consultation Outcomes
In April 2011, the Department of Justice and Equality published two documents summarising the feedback received on the White Paper on Crime Discussion Document, 'Organised and White Collar Crime' (October 2010).
The first of these documents outlines the written submissions received by the Department in response to public advertisements for submissions. The second, prepared by the Institute of Public Administration (IPA) records the views expressed at a consultation seminar on white collar crime which was held in November 2010, and facilitated by Dr. Barry Vaughan, NESC.
These documents are available in PDF format or as html from the links below. Hard copies are available on request.
Third Discussion Document - Overview of Submissions received (April 2011)
Third Discussion Document - IPA Summary of Consultation Process (April 2011)
Issues raised during the consultation include:
- an apparent lack of parity of treatment by the criminal justice system between white collar criminals and other criminals
- equipping the various regulatory and enforcement agencies with a range of effective investigative and prosecutorial powers to deal with white collar crime
- comprehensive protections for whistleblowers
- the impact of current legislation on organised crime
- the funding of crime prevention measures in communities so as to combat organised crime
- legislative responses to drug crimes and their impact
- combating the trafficking of human beings
- preventing and tackling intellectual property crime
- the development of a national structural response to cybercrime
- the need for improved research and statistics on organised and white collar crime in Ireland
Overview of the White Paper on Crime Process
First Discussion Document – ‘Crime Prevention and Community Safety’
Second Discussion Document - 'Criminal Sanctions'
Second Discussion Document - 'Criminal Sanctions' - Summary of Consultation Outcomes
Third Discussion Document - 'Organised and White Collar Crime'
Fourth Discussion Document – 'The Community and the Criminal Justice System'
Summary of Consultation Outcomes – "Older Citizens and the Issue of Crime"