Dáil debates
Wednesday, 3 July 2019
Parole Bill 2016: Report Stage
7:05 pm
Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
I move amendment No. 36:
In page 16, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following:"Application for parole
26.(1) Where a person is eligible for parole, or is scheduled to become so eligible, whether for the first time or not, the Board shall notify the person in writing—(a) of the date on which he or she became or shall become, as the case may be, so eligible, and(2) The Board shall endeavour, insofar as is possible, to notify a person pursuant to subsection (1)no later than 6 months prior to the date on which he or she shall become eligible for parole.
(b) that he or she may make an application for parole in accordance with subsection (3).
(3) A person who is eligible for parole, or a person who is scheduled to become eligible for parole, may notify the Board in writing that he or she wishes to be considered by the Board for parole (in this Act referred to as an "application for parole").
(4) Where a person who is scheduled to become eligible for parole makes an application for parole, the Board shall not consider the person’s release on parole prior to the date on which he or she becomes so eligible.".
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