Seanad debates
Thursday, 29 April 2004
Transfer of Execution of Sentences Bill 2003: Committee Stage.
12:00 pm
Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
The amendment seeks to provide that before the Minister can consent to a request from a sentencing state for the enforcement of a sentence against an Irish national, the Minister must be satisfied that the person has not only fled from the sentencing state to this State but that he or she is in this State. I believe the amendment is unnecessary. The Bill already refers to a person who has fled to the State. In any event, another state will not request this State to carry out the enforcement of a penalty on a person who is not in the State.
No comments