Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

That is a travesty of the truth and the Taoiseach knows it. There is a mandatory life sentence for murder currently. When the Taoiseach states, in replying to Deputy Kenny, that a life sentence is for life and should be so, who changes this? The Taoiseach does, not members of the Judiciary. It is an administrative and political decision for early release. It is not a decision of the Bench.

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