Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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307. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date with an application (details supplied) for a transfer to serve a prison sentence in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47438/21]

Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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I can inform the Deputy that my officials in the Irish Prison Service (who are the competent body for the administration of the Transfer of Sentenced Persons Acts) have confirmed that a further application from the individual referred to by the Deputy was received on the 7th September, 2021.

While a previous application submitted in 2019 was considered by the Minister, and had been the subject of judicial review proceedings, the new application will receive full consideration. The Deputy will appreciate that this consideration is at an early stage.

I have been assured that the application has and will continue to receive the necessary attention afforded to all such applications, and the person in question will be kept informed of any developments in his case as they arise.

The Deputy will also be aware that a number of legal issues have arisen on foot of court rulings relating to the transfer of sentenced persons from other jurisdictions where the foreign sentence contains features not found in Irish sentences. Work to advance amendments to the Transfer of Sentence Persons Act 1995 to address these issues is being progressed in the context of the Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Custodial Sentences) Bill.