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Dáil

Ceisteanna—Questions Oral Answers. - Visits to Prisoners.

asked the Minister for Justice the circumstances in which a member of the Oireachtas may visit a constituent in prison.

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Michael Moran Minister for Justice (Mr. Moran) Fianna Fáil

Visits to prisoners are allowed under the rules for the government of prisons, 1947.

A member of the Oireachtas, as such, has no special entitlement to visit a prisoner and can only do so by permission of the Minister for Justice.

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