David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)
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Question 146: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No 199 of 28 January 2009, the members of the project board that he has established, which is led by the Probation Service in order to examine the implementation of electronic monitoring; if this project board will be inviting submissions from members of the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6716/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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As the Deputy will be aware I published a significant Discussion Document on the Management of Sex Offenders on the 27th January, 2009. That Document, inter alia, raises the issue of the use of electronic monitoring technology and submissions have been invited to reach my Department by April 30. The full report and the address to send written submissions to has been made available on my Department's website and I would encourage interested organisations and individuals to make their views known.

The Project Board established to look at the implementation of electronic monitoring in this jurisdiction is comprised of the following: Mr. Vivian Geiran, Deputy Director, Probation Service (Chair); Mr. Kieran O'Dwyer, Director of Prison Regimes, Irish Prison Service; Chief Superintendent Noel White, An Garda Síochána; Ms Mary Burke, Principal Officer, Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform.

I understand that the Project Board has no plans to invite submissions at this point in time. My Department will, of course, make the Board aware of all relevant submissions received in relation to electronic monitoring as part of the wider consultation process on the Discussion Document.