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
Pa Daly (Kerry, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
The Minister of State mentioned earlier that the issue preventing the transfer of prisoners from the UK is the difference in the sentences and licenses and the incompatibility of the type of sentence here, given that UK sentences have a great deal of time served on licence rather than in jail, with up to 50% remission. The courts here have had difficulty with the rights of prisoners with natural justice being served in the transfer over of sentence. Are there any plans to address that or is that what we are waiting for in December?
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