Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 44:

In page 16, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following:“Persons unlawfully at large

34.(1) A person who, by reason of having been released on parole, is at large shall be deemed to be unlawfully at large if-

(a) a condition to which his or her release was made subject has been broken, or

(b) his or her parole order is revoked and he or she fails to return to the place specified, at the time and date specified, in the decision so revoking pursuant to section 33(5)(b)(ii).

(2) A person who is unlawfully at large shall be guilty of an offence under this section and on summary conviction thereof shall be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months.

(3) Where, by reason of the breach of a condition to which his or her release on parole was made subject, a person is deemed to be unlawfully at large and is arrested under section 35, the parole order pursuant to which he or she was released shall thereupon stand suspended pending a decision of the Parole Board under section 33as to whether the parole order should be revoked.

(4) The currency of the sentence of a person who is unlawfully at large for any period shall be suspended in respect of the whole of that period.”.

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