Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent)
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117. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the investigation into the recording of telephone conversations between prisoners and their solicitors, which was initiated by a former Minister for Justice and Equality in April 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35253/15]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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In April 2014 the Inspector of Prisons, Judge Michael Reilly, was asked by the then Minister for Justice and Equality to carry out an independent investigation into all the circumstances surrounding the recording of telephone conversations between prisoners and their solicitors. The Inspector was asked to carry out his investigation pursuant to section 31 of the Prisons Act, 2007.

The Office of the Inspector of Prisons is a statutory, independent office established under the Prisons Act, 2007. The Inspector's investigation is currently underway and his report will be presented to me on completion.