Joanna Tuffy (Labour)

I move amendment No. 5:

In page 25, line 32, after "State" to insert the following:

", or for the service of the person's sentence, or balance of the person's sentence, outside the State,".

The amendment is designed to avoid a shuttlecock situation whereby a person who is liable to a sentence in Ireland is surrendered on the basis that, following the processing of that person in another country, he or she will then be returned to Ireland to serve the balance of the sentence. We are suggesting that, with the consent of the person, arrangements could be made to serve all sentences together. We have reworded the amendment to make clear that only arrangements agreed with the International Criminal Court, ICC, or state of enforcement are permissible. Has the Minister of State considered this further?