Parliamentary Proceedings
Parliamentary Question: Prison Staff
3rd June 2004
156. Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he intends to make available to the prison officers' welfare service the policy on bullying agreed between the National Authority for Occupational Safety and Health and the Irish Prison Service in 2003; and if his attention has been drawn to concerns that formal complaints of bullying remain uninvestigated and unprocessed more than three months after being made. [17002/04]
Parliamentary Question: Treatment of Prisoners
3rd June 2004
157. Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position of the Government in relation to ratification of the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture which is open for signature and ratification; and the internal steps that have been taken by his Department and related Departments in order to prepare for ratification of this instrument. [17003/04]
Parliamentary Question: Drug Treatment Services
3rd June 2004
158. Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the names, titles and organisational affiliations of the persons consulted in the preparation of the new prison drugs strategy. [17004/04]
Parliamentary Question: EU Drug Strategy
3rd June 2004
159. Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the names, titles and countries of the delegates who participated in the meeting, EU Strategy on Drugs - The Way Forward, in Dublin in May 2004. [17005/04]
Parliamentary Question: Prison Building Programme
3rd June 2004
162. Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there is or will be plans to site a prison in the Kilcock area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17030/04]
Parliamentary Question: Prison Staff
3rd June 2004
169. Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if representatives from his Department or the Irish Prison Service will be attending the conference, Private Finance in the Criminal Justice Sector, organised by SMI and taking place in London on 23-24 June 2004; and if so, the titles of those representatives and the purpose of their participation. [17102/04]
Parliamentary Question: Padded Cells at Mountjoy
3rd June 2004
180. Mr. J. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the statement in the 2003 report on the Mountjoy visiting committee that padded cells continued to be used on a regular basis; the number of persons held in padded cells at Mountjoy in 2003; the longest period of continuous confinement in a padded cell at Mountjoy in 2003; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17129/04]
Parliamentary Question: Padded Cells at Castlerea
3rd June 2004
181. Mr. J. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the 12 May 2004 report in a newspaper (details supplied) which quoted a prison physician at Castlerea stating that prisoners can be left in padded cells for two to four weeks at a time; the number of persons confined to padded cells at Castlerea in the past 12 months; the longest period of continuous confinement in a padded cell at Castlerea during that time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17130/04]
Parliamentary Question: Relocation of Women's Prison
2nd June 2004
220. Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the future plans for the relocation of the women's prison in Mountjoy; the plans he has for the redevelopment of the site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16731/04]
Parliamentary Question: Juvenile Offenders
2nd June 2004
221. Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if persons under 18 in prisons are always segregated from those over that age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16756/04]
