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Enacted Seanad
No. 52 of 2006

Prisons Bill 2006

Public bill · Government · Presented

The Prisons Bill 2006 would allow prisoner escort services to be outsourced, create clearer prison-discipline procedures and independent appeals against loss of remission, and put the Inspector of Prisons on a statutory footing with powers to inspect prisons and publish reports. It would also set special environmental and Oireachtas approval requirements for new or expanded prisons, allow some court applications by live video link, permit charges for optional services, exclude non-commercial prison work from minimum-wage rules, provide for compassionate temporary release, and facilitate Mountjoy Prison’s closure.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to enable the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to enter into agreements for the provision of services relating to the escort of prisoners by persons other than prison officers; to provide for the conduct of inquiries by governors of prisons into alleged breaches of discipline by prisoners, for the sanctions that may be imposed after such inquiries and for the establishment of appeal tribunals to hear appeals against forfeitures so imposed of remission of portion of sentences; to enable special requirements to be provided for in relation to the construction or extension of prisons and other places of detention, including approval thereof by resolution of each House of the Oireachtas and confirmation by Act of the Oireachtas of the resolution; to provide for the appointment of an inspector of prisons; to provide for the giving of evidence by prisoners in certain types of proceedings before the courts by live television link; to amend and repeal certain enactments in relation to prisons and prisoners and to provide for matters connected therewith

Last updated 13 April 2018

Sponsor
  • Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform Primary
Progress
  • First Stage
    Seanad
  • Second Stage
    Seanad
  • Committee Stage
    Seanad
  • Report Stage
    Seanad
  • Fifth Stage
    Seanad
  • Second Stage
    Dáil
  • Committee Stage
    Dáil
  • Report Stage
    Dáil
  • Fifth Stage
    Dáil Enacted
  • Enacted
    Enacted
Debates
  • Prisons Bill 2006 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages.
    Seanad
  • Prisons Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage.
    Dáil
  • Prisons Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Order for Report Stage.
    Dáil
  • Prisons Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage.
    Dáil
  • Prisons Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (Resumed).
    SELECT COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE, EQUALITY, DEFENCE AND WOMEN'S RIGHTS
  • Prisons Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Committee Stage.
    SELECT COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE, EQUALITY, DEFENCE AND WOMEN'S RIGHTS
  • Prisons Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed).
    Dáil
  • Prisons Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Referral to Select Committee.
    Dáil
  • Prisons Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed).
    Dáil
  • Prisons Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage.
    Dáil
  • Prisons Bill 2006: Motion to Recommit.
    Seanad
  • Prisons Bill 2006: Report Stage.
    Seanad
  • Prisons Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage.
    Seanad
  • Prisons Bill 2006: Committee Stage.
    Seanad
  • Prisons Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed).
    Seanad
  • Prisons Bill 2006: Order for Second Stage.
    Seanad
  • Prisons Bill 2006: Second Stage.
    Seanad

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