24th November 2004
202. Mr. English asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the plans in place for the relocation of Mountjoy Prison; if it is intended to relocate it to County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30714/04]
23rd November 2004
371. Mr. Kenny asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he expects work on the prison drugs policy to be completed; when the policy will be put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29735/04]
23rd November 2004
361. Mr. J. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding compulsory drugs testing of prisoners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29663/04]
23rd November 2004
407. Mr. J. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason overtime payments are made on the same basis to prison officers at a prison which has no inmates as to prison officers at a prison which has inmates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30322/04]\ 408. Mr. J. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if it is less costly for the State to engage serving prison officers or a private security firm to maintain a presence at unoccupied prisons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30323/04]\ \ 409. Mr. J. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount paid in overtime to prison officers serving at Fort Mitchell Prison and the Curragh Prison since their closure, up to 18 November 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30324/04]
23rd November 2004
406. Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to any other cases either past or pending apart from that of a person (details supplied) by former prisoners against the State due to the use of solitary confinement as a form of punishment within the State's prisons. [30304/04]
23rd November 2004
405. Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reformthe reason for the delay in publishing the annual report for 2003 of the prisons inspectorate; when it is likely to be published; and if and when he will take the necessary steps to establish the prisons inspectorate as an independent statutory organisation with adequate resources. [30303/04]
17th November 2004
436. Mr. English asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the plans in place for the relocation of Mountjoy Prison; if it is intended to relocate it to County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29261/04]
17th November 2004
391. Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he proposes to publish the most recent report of the Inspector of Prisons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28700/04]
17th November 2004
404. Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the maximum number that Clover Hill Prison is designed to accommodate; the maximum number there was at any time over the past month; the maximum time a deportee has been held there; the deportees who are being held alongside convicted criminals or persons being deported for other than asylum related reasons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28909/04]
16th November 2004
230. Mr. J. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the purposes of closing the Curragh and Fort Mitchel prisons have been achieved in full; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28515/04]
Respect for rights in the penal system with prison as a last resort.