This week Minister for Justice Frances Fitzgerald says she wants to introduce tougher measures for repeat burglars with consecutive sentences and stronger bail restrictions.
For example, if you commit 5 burglaries and are caught you might do your time behind bars concurrently or the same time, serving only a couple of months, out to steal again within weeks.
Newstalk's Henry McKean spoke to Newstalk Breakafst this morning about what the criminals think about these harsher measures.
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This is what they had to say: