James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I wish to flag a number of potential amendments on Report Stage. The Deputies will recall that I indicated we would bring forward amendments as the Bill progressed to address prisoner transfers under the Council of Europe convention, which, notably, covers the United Kingdom. That is still my intention.

A proposal has been prepared and final legal advice is awaited on its implementation. While we expect to progress this quickly, it has not been possible to finalise these amendments in time for the meeting of this committee. When the amendments have been completed, I will happily circulate these to committee members in good time and ahead of their consideration on Report Stage and will meet the committee, either as a group or individually, to consider the proposals. Department officials are also available to brief, if necessary, on these amendments that will be prepared.