I move:
That it is expedient to authorise such payments out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas as are necessary to give effect to any Act of the present session to amend criminal law and administration.
Committee on Finance. - Criminal Justice Bill, 1960—Money Resolution.
I have just a few remarks to make on the Money Resolution. It seems to me that this House, and in particular the Minister and his colleagues, should pause a while to examine the trend that has occurred in the recent past in the manner in which we are dealing with what are generally called juvenile delinquents. I wish to direct attention to the development which has followed the bringing of Borstal from Clonmel to Dublin in which a number of short-term offenders are brought into the existing Borstal institution and mix with young offenders who are undergoing a longer period of corrective training. This is a trend which has developed in the last few years and I do not think it is desirable. As I say, it would be desirable if the Minister would consider whether this trend is something that should be stopped now, and that a serious effort should be made to segregate offenders who are doing short-term sentences, in the ages between 16 and 21, and those who are doing corrective training in St. Patrick's Institution.
What is happening now is that St. Patrick's has become a wing of Mountjoy Prison so that the stigma of Mountjoy attaches to people doing this corrective training. That is a direct result of Borstal being moved from Clonmel to Mountjoy. It should not happen and I think steps should be taken in the near future to try to build a proper institution to house those who are doing corrective training in Mountjoy. As the Minister himself indicated, such a building should be in semi-rural surroundings.
I am afraid the Deputy is getting away from the Money Resolution. The debate on a Money Resolution is confined to a discussion on the expenditure. The matters referred to by the Deputy would relevantly arise later on the Bill.
I do not wish to argue with the Chair and I bow to your ruling. I have said all I want to say on the Resolution, but if the matter arises later on in the Bill perhaps that point can be answered.
Question put and agreed to.
Resolution reported and agreed to.