7th March 2007
167. Mr. Timmins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of young offenders currently in custody; the annual average cost of detaining a young offender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9011/07]
6th March 2007
204. Ms C. Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the range of post prison release procedures, regulations and safeguards that are in place to monitor and curtail the ability to re-offend among convicted sex offenders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8777/07]
27th February 2007
260. Mr. Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of institutional facilities belonging to his Department or funded or part-funded by his Department in the Dublin central constituency area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7378/07]
27th February 2007
262. Mr. Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the purpose of the present construction works in Arbour Hill Prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7382/07]
22nd February 2007
8. Mr. O'Shea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the proposals he has to have a methadone maintenance programme introduced in Cork Prison; if, in regard to prisoners with addiction who are on a prescribed sedative before being sent to Cork Prison, he will outline the proposals he has to ensure that this treatment continues in prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6844/07]
22nd February 2007
17. Mr. J. O'Keeffe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the high cost per prisoner of keeping a person in prison here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6803/07]
22nd February 2007
19. Mr. Gogarty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action he will take to address the Irish Prisons Inspectorate Report on Castlerea Prison (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6865/07]
22nd February 2007
35. Mr. Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will implement the recommendations of the Human Rights Commission to introduce legislation that transfers the function of release of prisoners serving life sentences from his office to an independent body. [6816/07]
22nd February 2007
38. Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the findings of recent research undertaken by the UCD Institute of Criminology which found that more than a quarter of the State's prisoners were back in jail within a year of their release; his views on this rate of recidivism; the steps he will take to deal with same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6847/07]
22nd February 2007
42. Mr. Neville asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on and proposals for action in relation to the outcome of the study by a team led by the director of the Central Mental Hospital which revealed that 60% of female prisoners and 35% of male prisoners have experienced a mental illness at some stage in their lives and criticised the use of prisons as psychiatric waiting rooms. [6765/07]
Respect for rights in the penal system with prison as a last resort.