Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 10 November 2021

Select Committee on Justice and Equality

Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Custodial Sentences) Bill 2021: Committee Stage

Photo of James BrowneJames Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Yes, I will flag that on a later Stage but I am happy to deal with that point now. The hope was to bring a number of significant amendments on that on Committee Stage. Due to the complexities of these issues, they were not ready for Committee Stage but they will be ready on Report Stage. Again, due to their complexity I am happy to share those amendments in advance with the committee in order that it might have a look at them as I do not just want to land them on members on Report Stage. I had hoped to have them today but because of the complexity of trying to transfer over, in particular in the context of the situation in the UK, where prisons are released with significant restrictions, the issue then arises as to how that can be implemented in Ireland where we do not have similar restrictions. I will also touch on that a little later.

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