Jim O'Keeffe (Cork South West, Fine Gael)

I move amendment No. 8:

In page 12, line 21, to delete "may" and substitute "shall".

This deals with issues arising under Part 3 which relate to prison discipline. This amendment is relatively technical. Regarding an inquiry into alleged breaches of prison discipline, it is not enough to provide in the Bill that the procedure relating to an inquiry may be specified in the prison rules. Surely prison rules should be rooted in the legislation. The purpose of this amendment is to require that the procedure related to an inquiry shall be specified in the prison rules. At first sight it is a technical amendment but it is not quite that technical. The Bill would be improved by the change.

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