Labour says Budget fails to act on crime

Labour says the 2004 Budget has done nothing to address the issue of crime.

Labour says the 2004 Budget has done nothing to address the issue of crime.

The party's justice spokesman Joe Costello said Minister McCreevy was doing nothing to tackle juvenile crime.

TD Joe Costello said that when it came to crime, the Budget failed to include areas such as dealing with young offenders and Garda numbers.

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