asked the Minister for Justice if the Government has considered the Report of the Whitaker Committee of Inquiry into the Penal System; if the Government accepts the recommendations of the committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Written Answers. - Report on Penal System.
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Limerick East): Certain aspects of the recommendations in the Whitaker report would involve consideration by the Government; others would fall within my area of discretion as Minister for Justice. I am not yet in a position to make any statement as to what the decisions may be and, as the issues are both complex and important, I do not expect that decisions will be finalised for some time yet.