Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)

I do not propose to waste time on this matter but the Minister of State might listen to the questions I pose. Deputy Ó Snodaigh made the point about St. Patrick's Institution. I am asking why we should mention any institution, rather than have a definition in the Bill that states a prison is a place of custody administered by or on behalf of the Minister, simpliciter so that it includes any such place in the future or any current institution that ceases to be such a place. It appears to be a more watertight definition than naming particular institutions because they are captured by three separate items of legislation.

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