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Prisons Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (8 Mar 2007)

Brendan Howlin: Explain that to the House.

Prisons Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (8 Mar 2007)

Brendan Howlin: No, that is not suggested at all.

Prisons Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (8 Mar 2007)

Brendan Howlin: That would be that then. If there is an injunction, there is an injunction.

Prisons Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (8 Mar 2007)

Brendan Howlin: Of course.

Prisons Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (8 Mar 2007)

Brendan Howlin: I am interested in this amendment, which the Tánaiste signalled on Committee Stage. Reports of drug overlords, to use a hackneyed phrase, running their drug empires from their prison cells are of serious concern. I do not know whether these reports are urban myths or the reality, but perhaps the Tánaiste is in a position to provide the House with some details on the extent of the...

Prisons Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (8 Mar 2007)

Brendan Howlin: That is right.

Prisons Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (8 Mar 2007)

Brendan Howlin: Home brew.

Prisons Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (8 Mar 2007)

Brendan Howlin: That is a young person's shot.

Prisons Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (8 Mar 2007)

Brendan Howlin: I would not drink it either.

Prisons Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (8 Mar 2007)

Brendan Howlin: Has the Minister examined the notion of an electronic barrier?

Prisons Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (8 Mar 2007)

Brendan Howlin: This is a very important point. It might be difficult to black out reception, say, in Mountjoy, because of its proximity to a hospital and its location. However, people who are suspected of using telephones should be moved to a prison where blocking technology is more effective.

Prisons Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (8 Mar 2007)

Brendan Howlin: What of it?

Prisons Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (8 Mar 2007)

Brendan Howlin: Is this a unique event or are there routine prosecutions for the other——

Prisons Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (8 Mar 2007)

Brendan Howlin: Of course it does, but as a matter of routine is it applied?

Prisons Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (8 Mar 2007)

Brendan Howlin: It makes sense.

Prisons Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (8 Mar 2007)

Brendan Howlin: A Garda investigation.

Prisons Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (8 Mar 2007)

Brendan Howlin: I support the call for the closure of St. Patrick's Institution. There is not a Member of this House who does not agree with that, but it has gone on and on. I notice we have already lauded the Inspector of Prisons, Mr. Justice Kinlen. Repeatedly in his reports, and again in 2005, he has called for the closure of St. Patrick's Institution. He described it in his 2005 report as "a...

Prisons Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (8 Mar 2007)

Brendan Howlin: What age group?

Prisons Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (8 Mar 2007)

Brendan Howlin: The Deputy will have to shout louder.

Written Answers — Food Labelling: Food Labelling (8 Mar 2007)

Brendan Howlin: Question 22: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she has held either informal or formal discussions directly with the Food Safety Authority of Ireland or with the Department of Health and Children or the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government regarding environmental labelling of Irish food; her views of the UK Government's recent report in collaboration with...