Search the Houses of the Oireachtas website

15 Dec 1970 - This year's Bill follows the general pattern of previous Appropriation Acts....the sum of £462,023,676, comprising £3,846 to cover an excess on the grant for prisons for the year...were not included in last year's Appropriation Act; and £426,954,460 in respect of the estimates for 1970...the excess on the grant for prisons already referred to....I now commend the Bill to the House for a Second Reading.

Debate: Dáil Éireann

Prison Development (Confirmation of Resolutions) Bill 2013: Second Stage

https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2013-06-27/8/

27 Jun 2013 - This Bill seeks to confirm the resolutions....Cork Prison dates from 1849 and was originally built as a garrison prison for the adjoining army barracks...prisons and that further steps are required to reduce the prison population....The prison population in Ireland has increased by 400% since 1970....The new prison will provide approximately 275 spaces for prisoners based on double cell occupancy.

Debate: Seanad Éireann

Prisons Bill, 1970: Second Stage.

https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1970-06-10/6/

10 Jun 1970 - these powers of transferring civil prisoners to military custody....Patrick's or civilian prisoners from prison into military custody. That is a reasonable request....Patrick's or from prison to another place such as the Shanganagh "open" centre....That is the intention quite clearly and it should be spelled out in the Bill....the Minister can control other than that it seems to be odd that it is only in the middle month of 1970

Debate: Dáil Éireann

Prisons Bill, 1970: First Stage.

https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1970-04-28/38/

28 Apr 1970 - Leave granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to enable the Minister for Justice, for the purpose...of promoting the rehabilitation of offenders, to provide places other than prisons for the detention...imprisonment or to detention in Saint Patrick's Institution and to amend in other respects the law relating to prisons

Debate: Dáil Éireann

Prisons Bill, 1970: Second Stage (Resumed).

https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1970-05-27/3/

27 May 1970 - Bruton I know that, but I think it is desirable that they should be discussed in relation to the Bill...At any rate, there is a need to open up the whole question of prisons to make provision for community...involvement so as to ensure that prisoners can adapt what they learn to life outside....We should not be afraid to give prisoners more responsibility in regard to the running of prisons....not issue prison reports which are almost secretive.

Debate: Seanad Éireann

Prisons Bill, 1970: Second Stage.

https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1970-06-10/6/

10 Jun 1970 - O'Higgins So far as the principles of this Bill are concerned the Minister will certainly have the approval...As I see it, this Bill contains two principles and three objects to which the Minister has referred....Patrick's to prison. So far as the principles of this Bill are concerned I certainly support them....certainly suggest to the Minister the desirability of amending the wording of certain sections of the Bill...It has been operated on the basis of releasing prisoners conditionally, the condition being that they

Debate: Dáil Éireann

Prisons Bill, 1972: First Stage.

https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1972-05-23/37/

23 May 1972 - O'Malley) I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend and extend the...Prisons Acts, 1826 to 1970.

Debate: Dáil Éireann

Prohibition of Forcible Entry and Occupation Bill, 1970: Report Stage (Resumed).

https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1971-07-28/37/

28 Jul 1971 - Minister, for want of a relevant argument, thought it necessary to refer to the Second Reading of the Prisons...Bill on the 26th May, 1970 and to a contribution made by me on that Bill as spokesman for this party...The Minister's copy of the Official Report of 26th May, 1970, has become somewhat soiled because he has...The Minister would not find it necessary to go back to the discussion on the Prisons Bill, 1970, to discover...The fact that the Minister had to resort to quoting from a debate on the Prisons Bill for an argument

Debate: Seanad Éireann

Prisons Bill, 1970: Committee Stage.

https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1970-06-17/4/

17 Jun 1970 - section and the amendment to it we must also have regard to the fact that there are other sections in the Bill...While it is true as Senator Ryan has said the Minister could not direct the transfer of prisoners under...can only provide places under that section, under section 5 he has power to direct the transfer of prisoners

Debate: Seanad Éireann

Prisons Bill, 1970: Committee Stage.

https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1970-06-17/4/

17 Jun 1970 - breaches of the law in order to create a situation in which, ultimately, they have to be committed to prison...persons likely to become involved in these breaches of the law and who would find themselves committed to prison...Under section 45 of the Bill of 1967 it was deliberately and positively contemplated by the Minister

Search results

Filtered by

464 results for "Prisons Bill, 1970" filtered by All debates and all sittings.

Debate: Dáil Éireann

Debate: Seanad Éireann

Debate: Dáil Éireann

Debate: Seanad Éireann

Debate: Dáil Éireann

Debate: Dáil Éireann

Debate: Seanad Éireann

Debate: Dáil Éireann

Debate: Dáil Éireann

Debate: Dáil Éireann

Debate: Seanad Éireann

Debate: Dáil Éireann

Debate: Seanad Éireann

Debate: Dáil Éireann

Debate: Dáil Éireann

Debate: Seanad Éireann

Debate: Dáil Éireann

Debate: Dáil Éireann

Debate: Seanad Éireann

Debate: Seanad Éireann