Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

One group the Minister alluded to has had a ceasefire since January 2018. I understand that is accepted by the Police Service of Northern Ireland. However, its members have, in some cases, been on bail for a long period. People who were associated with that organisation are often stopped and searched. This is of great concern. The level of stopping and searching in republican and nationalist communities is totally disproportionate. As the Minister knows, prisoners serve half of a sentence in prison and the other half outside prison. At Easter, a prisoner who was out on licence informed MARAP, the multi-agency risk assessment panel which is the overseeing body, that he intended to attend an Easter parade. It was not a strange request for a republican. This parade had official permission from the Parades Commission and the authorities. He was asked a number of questions to reply to through his solicitor. He attended the parade and his licence was revoked as a consequence. If I provide details of this case, will the Minister take it up with her Northern counterpart? Justice is a two-way system and the State has to act with justice as well as our demand that all people act within the law.

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