26th June 2007
726. Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he plans to carry out a review of the decision to relocate Mountjoy to Thornton Hall; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17751/07]
26th April 2007
88. Mr. J. Higgins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is satisfied that he has complied with the mandatory requirements of EU Environmental Directives in proceeding with his plans to put a prison in Thornton Hall. [15740/07]
25th April 2007
106. Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of sites for the Thornton Hall Prison project proposed or submitted to the Irish Prison Service in response to the advertisement of February 2004, after the evaluation process began; the persons who submitted those sites; and the dates on which the submissions were received by the Irish Prison Service. [15418/07]
25th April 2007
108. Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the methodology used to assess and evaluate the archaeology of the Thornton Hall site prior to its purchase and what was identified; the measures recommended; and the measures that will be taken. [15420/07]\ \ 109. Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the methodology used to assess and evaluate the flora and fauna of the Thornton Hall site prior to its purchase; the species that were identified; the measures recommended; and the measures that will be taken. [15421/07]
25th April 2007
120. Mr. J. Higgins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, with reference to the evidence given by the Public Works Commissioner, before the Public Accounts Committee on 26 October 2006, the cost of supply of electricity to each site short listed for the planned new prison development in north County Dublin was estimated as part of the evaluation of these sites; and if he will disclose these estimates for each site and any observations connected with them. [15636/07]
5th April 2007
110. Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the population held in prison either on remand or serving a sentence; and the same figures for five, ten, fifteen and twenty years previously. [13581/07]
5th April 2007
127. Mr. Quinn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the average basic earnings of a prison officer in respect of each year since 2002 to date in 2007; and the average earnings of a prison officer, including overtime. [13767/07]
4th April 2007
17. Mr. J. O'Keeffe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the tangible results that have been achieved in tackling the significant problem of drugs in prison; when prisons will be free of drugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12966/07]
4th April 2007
31. Ms Burton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a review of the spending approval procedures has been implemented in relation to the approval given by his Department for the purchase of the Thornton Prison site; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a 120 acre site nearby at Corrstown which was on the shortlist of possible sites has now sold for €100,000 an acre, half the Thornton price; the measures his Department has implemented since the purchase of Thornton to ensure value for taxpayers' money; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10215/07]
3rd April 2007
183. Mr. Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to his replies to previous parliamentary questions on proposals for the future use of the land at Mountjoy Prison, if he will sell the site in its entirety, with planning permission, to commercial interests; if he has planning consultants appointed for the purpose of advising him in that regard; the stage the process is now at; if the entirety of the land is or will be classified as having commercial uses or some of it may be transferred for public and community uses; if he still maintains his initial reluctance to transfer part of the Mountjoy Prison site to the Mater Hospital, in view of that hospital's subsequent designation as the site for a combined national children's hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12466/07]
Respect for rights in the penal system with prison as a last resort.