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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: I move amendment No. 28:In page 12, line 4, after “writing” to insert “, signed and dated”.

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

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 29:In page 12, between lines 4 and 5, to insert the following: “(6) The decision must be provided directly to the prisoner within a reasonable timeframe.”. I wish to put this to a vote.

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

Mick Wallace: I am happy to let it go to the next Stage.

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

Mick Wallace: The Chairman's concept of power and mine might be different.

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

Mick Wallace: He is taking the side of the Minister.

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

Mick Wallace: Okay, so I will call a vote then.

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

Mick Wallace: I will return to it in the Chamber.

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: Subsection (2) of section 15 reads as follows:A decision by a panel conducting a review shall be in writing and shall include reasons and a copy shall be provided to—(a) the parole candidate to whom it relates, (b) the Commissioner of An Garda Síochána, (c) the Irish Prison Service, and (d) the Minister. Amendment No. 42 includes a provision to send a copy to the legal...

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

Mick Wallace: Deputy Jim O'Callaghan obviously has more legal knowledge than I have, but I still see no harm in leaving it for the review. I will look at it again as I need to check it, given that he knows more than I do.

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

Mick Wallace: On amendment No. 43, the Minister suggests four weeks is too short.

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

Mick Wallace: I am trying to avoid allowing things to drag out, as they tend to do in lots of areas. Can the Minister live with any timeline, if we look at it again on Report Stage?

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

Mick Wallace: That is fine.

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

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 47:In page 15, line 7, after “relates” to insert “and the parole candidate’s legal representative”.

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

Mick Wallace: The argument is that the focus should be on the present rather than the past to give some credence to the notion that rehabilitation has value and is possible. The emphasis should primarily be on the assessment of the current risk associated with the person before the parole board. When the Carlisle committee reported in 1988 on the parole system in England and Wales, one of its key...

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...