Joanna Tuffy (Labour)

I move amendment No. 15:

In page 5, between lines 4 and 5, to insert the following new paragraph:

"(k) whether any risks arising on temporary release could be obviated by attaching conditions to the release, by limiting the duration of the release, by directing release during specified hours only in the course of a specified period, or by directing release with escort and with or without personal restraining measures,".

The purpose of this amendment is that, allowing for the possibility of risk, the Minister might also, in terms of setting out conditions, limit a release option. The prisoner would still avail of temporary release, but the victim, for example, would be protected because of the conditions attached. The amendment sets down that there would be conditions, by limiting the duration during specified hours, for example, or by providing an escort etc. Could the Minister of State comment on that?