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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of Parole Bill 2016: Discussion (15 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: Not only did I not put enough work into this, I put none into it and neither did anyone in my office. I am guilty of that. Not only do I find it difficult to criticise anything that Deputy Jim O'Callaghan has put forward, I cannot even contradict anything that Deputy Daly has said. I have every intention of researching it and learning a bit about it. I will pick up on one point that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of Parole Bill 2016: Discussion (15 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: I must say something in response.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of Parole Bill 2016: Discussion (15 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: I will have the committee know that I have many vocations, but they have very little to do with those big buildings with the spires on top. On Deputy O'Callaghan's point about punishment and rehabilitation being 50:50, I would think that taking people's freedom away by removing them from society and putting them into the prison apparatus would constitute the punishment. They should not be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of Parole Bill 2016: Discussion (15 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: I am sorry. I thought that the Deputy meant-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of Parole Bill 2016: Discussion (15 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: No. We agree that, when someone's liberty is taken away, that is the punishment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of Parole Bill 2016: Discussion (15 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: I am not saying for a second that, if people do terrible things and are not trusted to be let loose in society, we can let them loose-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of Parole Bill 2016: Discussion (15 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: -----before we have fixed or rehabilitated them in some form.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of Parole Bill 2016: Discussion (15 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: Regarding the panel's composition, it is probably true to say that the composition of most boards and committees leaves much to be desired. Take football, for example. People who play football are generally involved in running teams and are greater lovers of football than those who organise the sport. That is true of most sports. How to prevent people from joining the board who are not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of Parole Bill 2016: Discussion (15 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: I did not think that it was about me.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of Prisons (Solitary Confinement) (Amendment) Bill 2016: Discussion (15 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: Chairman, I must go to the Chamber but I will be back.

Establishment of a Tribunal of Inquiry: Motion (16 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: I welcome the terms of reference. I want to put on the record the fact that I appreciate the Tánaiste's decision to include the other whistleblowers, which I have been calling for for a long time. The terms of reference refer to "any other matters that the tribunal considers should be drawn to the attention of the Houses of the Oireachtas at the time of the report." I feel, and maybe...

Establishment of a Tribunal of Inquiry: Motion (16 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: Will the judge have the power to initiate a criminal investigation to run in parallel if he sees fit to do so?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Policing Authority (16 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: 14. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will amend the Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2015 to further empower the Policing Authority in order to make the Garda Commissioner directly answerable to the authority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7672/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (16 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: 38. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if additional resources will be allocated to GSOC to enable it to carry out its role as confidential recipient more effectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7671/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Protected Disclosures (16 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: 39. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of material she provided to a person (details supplied) in relation to the other whistleblowers which the person has refused to include in the investigation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7674/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Status Applications (16 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: 41. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 24 of 16 December 2016, if her Department has any plans to implement the recommendation made by the McMahon report which would permit new asylum applicants who do not receive a decision on their status within nine months to work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7675/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (16 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: 69. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to expand Ireland's refugee programme, particularly in view of the recent study by the Economic and Social Research Institute which finds that Ireland has the capacity to accept more refugees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7830/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (16 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: 70. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the study Transition: From Direct Provision to Life in the Community which was funded by the Irish Research Council; the measures her Department is undertaking to prepare those in direct provision for life after direct provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7831/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Health (16 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: 71. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the mental health services that are provided to persons in prison; the details of efforts to monitor the mental health of prisoners; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7832/17]

Other Questions: Local Authority Housing (23 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: We are up to nine minutes per question.