Martin Conway (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Given that one is dealing with 165 individuals trying to get speaking time, it would not have got the attention and deliberation in the other Chamber. The practitioners of restorative justice and those who advocate this new type of penal reform or pre-penal reform, before people go into the prison system, were very impressed with the manner in which this House dealt with the issue. It has now gone to the Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality to put forward specific recommendations. A sub-committee is being formed to examine the issue and bring in the practitioners and those who are advocating for restorative justice.