The belief that "the quality of mercy is not strain'd"– that it has to be for everybody – has been expressed by all Senators who have contributed to this debate. While the biblical tradition refers to "an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth", it is not a suitable model of justice for a modern society. Nobody believes that justice should be invoked for such a purpose. I strongly agree with this Bill, which places on a formal footing the existing views of the prisoner regime of the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform and its Ministers. We are part of the society that used to assess what went wrong in a person's life to cause him or her to commit a crime. It was often the case that such a person's upbringing or background did not give him or her a chance in life. As I said at the start of my contribution, I am glad to be able to speak about this interesting Bill.