Seanad debates
Wednesday, 5 March 2003
Prison Visiting Committees: Motion.
Prison visiting committees have allegedly been watchdogs for a number of years. As Senator Terry rightly pointed out, substantial sums of public money go into this. Of more than 180 members of the various prison visiting committees throughout the country, at least 60 are known party members – in effect, Government supporters – which is one third of the total membership. That is not good enough in a modern democracy. We need to reform this whole area. If the Minister wants to put his mind to it he can do so.
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