Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 69:

In page 18, to delete line 21, and substitute the following:

"(a) authorise the eligible person to whom it is addressed to be released from custody subject to the conditions set forth therein and to the provisions of this Act,".

This is an amendment to section 22 which deals with parole orders. The primary function of a parole order is to permit the release of the prisoner. The way it had been drafted previously was inelegant, to say the least. It authorises the release from custody of the person subject to the conditions. Amendment No. 70 corrects a typographical error. The words "Without limiting subsection (1)a" need to be removed, because they do not make sense, and they should be replaced with the indefinite article "A". Amendments Nos. 73 to 76 address sloppy drafting by me at the outset that needs to be tidied up.