Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 56:

In page 24, after line 14, to insert the following:“Victims of crime: right to information

29.(1) Section 8 of the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Act 2017 is amended by inserting the following as subsection (2A):

“(2A) A victim of an offence may request from the Parole Board information regarding any application to the Board to be considered for parole by a person serving a sentence of imprisonment for that offence and the Board shall provide the information, or arrange for the information concerned to be provided, to the victim as soon as practicable.”.”.

I am back to the same issue again. The amendment is self-explanatory. I ask the Minister for a response to this. It is a tightening up of the wording in respect of the rights of the victim. The key phrase here is "the Board shall provide the information, or arrange for the information concerned to be provided, to the victim as soon as practicable".

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