Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 42:

In page 16, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following:

“Specification of condition attaching to parole order

32. (1) Where the Board specifies a condition to which all parolees, or a specified class of parolees, shall be subject pursuant to procedures determined in accordance withsection 14(1)(i) the Board shall, as soon as practicable after so specifying the condition—

(a) notify in writing the Minister and each parolee who shall be subject to the condition so specified, of—

(i) the condition so specified, and

(ii) the date on which the condition shall take effect,

(b) where it considers it appropriate, notify the relevant victim of each such parolee in writing of any condition so specified of relevance to him or her and the date on which the condition shall take effect, and

(c) notify in writing the persons specified in subsection (2) of—

(i) the condition so specified,

(ii) the date on which the condition shall take effect, and

(iii) the parolees who shall be subject to the condition.

(2) The Board shall notify the following persons in accordance with subsection (1)(c):

(a) the Irish Prison Service;

(b) the Probation Service;

(c) the Commissioner of the Garda Síochána.

(3) A condition to which all parolees, or a specified class of parolees, shall be subject that is specified by the Board pursuant to procedures determined in accordance with section 14(1)(i) shall—

(a) take effect, for each parolee to whom it relates, from the date specified in the notification given to that parolee pursuant to subsection (1)(a), and

(b) have effect from that date as a condition attaching to the parole order relating to the parolee.”.

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