The Houses have legislated that temporary release is not available in certain circumstances. Senator Jim Walsh seems to have a misapprehension in that regard. Certain legislative provisions exclude the possibility of temporary release, for example, in the context of a life sentence, a person who has been convicted of a serious drug trafficking offence and who has been sentenced for a period in excess of ten years or a person who is facing parallel charges. The Oireachtas has provided that temporary release should not be available in such instances, but humanitarian release is permissible.