One point of Senator Henry's with which I disagree is that the Minister should be distanced from the issues regarding the parole board and the temporary release of prisoners. She questioned if decisions in this respect should be political in character. I know that politics in general is in bad odour at present, as are some parties. We give Ministers powers because they are accountable to Dáil Éireann but when we give boards important legal powers in areas touching upon the liberty of the citizen, we are giving powers to people who are not accountable to anybody. They produce a glossy annual report which we receive in our correspondence. Ultimately, Ministers can be called to account if they make an unsuitable temporary release. It is a very serious power for a Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform and one to be exercised with great care. Ministers for Justice, Equality and Law Reform are reminded only too often by their officials of the perils of exercising the power of temporary release. I am not sure if it is a bad thing that the Minister should have some final say in the exercise of such a power.