Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 30 September 2015
117. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the section 31 investigation into the recording of client-solicitor telephone calls between prisoners and their legal teams; and when details of this investigation will be published and discussed in Dáil Éireann. [33574/15]
View answerI can advise the Deputy that in April 2014 the Inspector of Prisons Judge Michael Reilly, was asked by the then Minister for Justice and Equality to carry out an independent investigation into all the circumstances surrounding the recording of telephone conversations between prisoners and their solicitors. The Inspector was asked to carry out his investigation pursuant to section 31 of the Prisons Act, 2007.
The Inspector's investigation is currently underway and his report will be presented to me on completion.
The Office of the Inspector of Prisons is a statutory, independent office established under the Prisons Act, 2007.
