Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 24 May 2017
Select Committee on Justice and Equality
Parole Bill 2016: Committee Stage
9:00 am
Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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I agree with amendment No. 26 tabled by Deputy Clare Daly. Perhaps we might delete "3 or" and leave it at "5". I understand what Deputy Mick Wallace is seeking to achieve in his amendment, but, in legislative terms, what is reasonable to me may not be reasonable to someone else. Therefore, I do not know how one could legally define "a reasonable timeframe". Perhaps we need to consider the terminology because, as I said, the word "reasonable" means different things to different people.