Alan Farrell (Dublin North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I have a further question.

I would have very firm views on the privatisation of the Prison Service but that is not going to happen here any time soon. In terms of the human rights element of the incarceration, in order for somebody to face a parole board they are not able to meet the criteria set out because of the nature of the facilities in which they are being housed. Is there a human rights infringement there, aside from a British or an Irish one, and is there an international human rights element that the council might be considering? My next question is not necessarily in regard to IPP but about some of the more exotic locations where Irish citizens are currently imprisoned. Are there any questions in regard to their human rights, specifically on the quality of the prisons and-or the living environment in which they are housed? I would imagine that a Catholic organisation would be extremely interested and involved in that process in other countries. Perhaps the delegates would like to like to respond.