Parliamentary Proceedings
Parliamentary Question: Prisoner Escorts
22nd October 2003
248. Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the research his Department has conducted into the costs of prisoner escort; the costs of contracting this service out to private companies; and the potential strategies for cost saving while maintaining this service within the public sector. [24582/03]
Parliamentary Question: Prisoner Escorts
22nd October 2003
249. Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the research his Department has conducted into the experience of privatised prisoner transport in other jurisdictions; and his views on the evidence. [24583/03]
Parliamentary Question: Probation and Welfare Service
21st October 2003
351. Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of probation officers working in the probation service; the extra resources that have been made available recently or that he plans to make available; his views on the work of the service and plans for reorganisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24114/03]
Parliamentary Question: Juvenile Offenders and JLO
21st October 2003
352. Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of juvenile liaison officers working in each Garda division respectively; the average number of cases worked on by each in 2002; his plans to reorganise or upgrade the service; the cost of the service in 2000, 2001 and 2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24115/03]
Parliamentary Question: Sexual Offences
21st October 2003
358. Mr. S. Power asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the percentage of the current prison population serving sentences for sexual offences; the number who have taken part or are taking part in treatment programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24250/03]
Parliamentary Question: Prison Service
16th October 2003
168. Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will as a matter of urgency investigate the case of a person (details supplied) incarcerated in Castlerea Prison, who is being kept in an isolation cell; and if he will communicate with the prison authorities the urgent need to remove this person from isolation and to transfer them to the Central Mental Hospital for treatment on an urgent basis. [23817/03]
Parliamentary Question: Prison Drug Treatment Services
15th October 2003
73. Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Irish Penal Reform Trust or Merchant's Quay Ireland has been directly consulted in the development of the new prison drug policy. [23431/03]
Parliamentary Question: Drugs in Prisons
15th October 2003
80. Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Government will commit to providing bleach to prisoners as a HIV prevention measure, as is standard practice in at least 11 of 23 EU jurisdictions, as well as in all Canadian federal prisons. [23434/03]
Parliamentary Question: Drug Seizures
15th October 2003
82. Mr. Neville asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of drug seizures in prisons and juvenile detention centres here over the past five years; and the breakdown by institution. [23208/03]
Parliamentary Questions: Homeless Persons
15th October 2003
90. Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reports made by the probation and welfare service and the Irish Prison Service in relation to the actions required under the homeless preventative strategy, in particular to the operations of the specialist unit, to assist offenders who are homeless on release from custody; the numbers of transitional housing units built, the numbers of additional probation and welfare staff appointed, and the programme put in place with the VECs to ensure the continuance by prisoners of education programmes on release; the monitoring systems put in place by his Department to ensure that the measures in this strategy are implemented and contribute to preventing crime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23356/03]\ \ 106. Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reports made by the probation and welfare service and the Irish Prison Service in relation to the actions required under the homeless preventative strategy, in particular in relation to the operations of the specialist unit to assist offenders who are homeless on release from custody, to the numbers of transitional housing units built, the numbers of additional probation and welfare staff appointed, and the programme put in place with the VECs to ensure the continuance by prisoners of education programmes on release; the monitoring systems put in place by his Department to ensure that the measures in this strategy are implemented and contribute to preventing the re-incidence of crime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23205/03]\ \ 191. Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reports made by the probation and welfare service and the Irish Prison Service in relation to the actions required under the homeless preventative strategy, in particular in relation to the operations of the specialist unit to assist offenders who are homeless on release from custody; the numbers of transitional housing units built; the number of additional probation and welfare staff appointed; the programme put in place with the VECs to ensure the continuance by prisoners of education programmes on release; the monitoring systems put in place by his Department to ensure that the measures in this strategy are implemented and contribute to preventing crime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23491/03]
