Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 24 May 2017
Select Committee on Justice and Equality
Parole Bill 2016: Committee Stage
9:00 am
Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
I would, yes. I have a strong preference for amendment No. 6. I am concerned about the orders relating to sentence management, including orders for transfer. I would make the point again, and ask Deputy Daly to consider it, that the parole board has a specific role. Getting involved in the management and operation of the prisons, which is the tendency, is where this is going. That is the reason I would prefer the broader approach in amendment No. 6. It is more appropriate to the role of the parole board, and it is clearer.
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