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Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Parole Bill 2016: Committee Stage (24 May 2017)

Mick Wallace: If someone does something absolutely terrible, it should be dealt with up-front, at the start. I do not agree that we should crucify him again at the end. We should have an open mind at the end as to where the person is in his head and life. The Irish Penal Reform Trust believes there may be merit in the introduction of tariffs to life sentences where the judge stipulates the minimum...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Parole Bill 2016: Committee Stage (24 May 2017)

Mick Wallace: I wish to respond to the Minister's point that mandatory sentencing has nothing to do with parole. We have argued that they are connected. If there is mandatory sentencing there can be more of an open-minded approach adopted by the parole board. We have argued enough about it on our end.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Parole Bill 2016: Committee Stage (24 May 2017)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 59:In page 16, to delete lines 32 and 33.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Parole Bill 2016: Committee Stage (24 May 2017)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 66:In page 18, between lines 4 and 5, to insert the following:" (7) The Board must conduct a review for an eligible person within six months of the person’s eligibility date.". My understanding is that the contents of amendment No. 66 are incorporated in amendments Nos. 67 and 68, in the names of Deputies O'Callaghan and Daly. I expect that Deputy O'Callaghan's...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Parole Bill 2016: Committee Stage (24 May 2017)

Mick Wallace: If amendment No. 67 is going to pass, that is fine.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Parole Bill 2016: Committee Stage (24 May 2017)

Mick Wallace: My comments are on the same theme. My two amendments are similar to Deputy Daly's amendment but are worded differently. The conditions attached should be reasonable and proportionate. A breach in a parole order should not automatically mean a return to prison. All relevant circumstances should be taken into consideration, including prior behaviour on licence. A recall to prison can...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Parole Bill 2016: Committee Stage (24 May 2017)

Mick Wallace: I disagree. We do not expect to agree on everything. We agreed that if someone seriously breaches his or her parole conditions, that is a very serious matter and should be dealt with accordingly. However, life is not black and white. We all break rules on a regular basis and we are not always necessarily penalised draconianly for it. I certainly do anyway. Deputy O'Callaghan states...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Parole Bill 2016: Committee Stage (24 May 2017)

Mick Wallace: We do not want to push them but we do not want to withdraw them. Is that possible?

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Parole Bill 2016: Committee Stage (24 May 2017)

Mick Wallace: We will discuss them again in the Chamber.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Parole Bill 2016: Committee Stage (24 May 2017)

Mick Wallace: We think what is proposed is far too restrictive.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Parole Bill 2016: Committee Stage (24 May 2017)

Mick Wallace: We will withdraw them but we will not move them.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Parole Bill 2016: Committee Stage (24 May 2017)

Mick Wallace: Okay.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Parole Bill 2016: Committee Stage (24 May 2017)

Mick Wallace: Yes.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Parole Bill 2016: Committee Stage (24 May 2017)

Mick Wallace: We did not invent it.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Parole Bill 2016: Committee Stage (24 May 2017)

Mick Wallace: It would make sense to allow that facility. It is not the end of the world either way.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Parole Bill 2016: Committee Stage (24 May 2017)

Mick Wallace: Okay.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Parole Bill 2016: Committee Stage (24 May 2017)

Mick Wallace: It has the same status. I am not pressing it.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Parole Bill 2016: Committee Stage (24 May 2017)

Mick Wallace: I will withdraw amendment No. 85 because it overlaps with amendment No. 87. I have already made the same argument on the need for proportionate response to the seriousness of the conditions breached.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Parole Bill 2016: Committee Stage (24 May 2017)

Mick Wallace: The two are the same which is why I am withdrawing amendment No. 85. It refers to the element if proportionality

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Parole Bill 2016: Committee Stage (24 May 2017)

Mick Wallace: Yes.