Parliamentary Proceedings
Parliamentary Question: Community Service Orders
19th June 2003
129. Dr. Cowley asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to extend community service as a means of rehabilitating young, and first-time offenders, rather than custodial jail sentences; if he will extend this service to specific agreed community projects in association with his own Department and other Departments, such as the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17269/03]
Parliamentary Question: Sentencing Policy
19th June 2003
1. Mr. Deasy asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the proposals he has to introduce minimum sentencing guidelines for members of the Judiciary. [17256/03]
Parliamentary Question: Sexual Offences
19th June 2003
37. Mr. Deasy asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will consider making public the names of those sex offenders on the sex offenders register who refused to participate in sex rehabilitation programmes while imprisoned. [17207/03]
Parliamentary Question: Juvenile Offenders
18th June 2003
292. Mr. F. McGrath asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of taxpayers money spent on keeping a young offender over the age of 16 in prison over the past three years. [17124/03]
Parliamentary Question: Interim Parole Board
18th June 2003
302. Mr. Deasy asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will consider putting the Interim Parole Board on a statutory footing. [17222/03]
Parliamentary Question: Sexual Offender Programme
18th June 2003
305. Mr. Deasy asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of sex offenders who participated in rehabilitation programmes provided by the Prison Service in 2002 and to date in 2003. [17225/03]
Parliamentary Question: Drugs in Prisons
17th June 2003
386. Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prisoners who have died from a fatal heroin overdose while in custody each year since 1992 for each prison in the State. [16418/03]
Parliamentary Questions: Prison Medical Service
17th June 2003
385. Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if prisoners have access to general medical services while in custody; if so, the medical services available in the community which are not available to prisoners; and the number, type, qualifications and contract status of medical staff employed specifically to service the needs of prisoners by institution. [16417/03]
Parliamentary Question: Probation and Welfare Service
11th June 2003
200. Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason he is proposing to establish a regional office for the probation and welfare service in the Donaghmede Shopping Centre; if he will reconsider his decision in view of the confined and built up nature of the location and the large number of children attending schools at primary and secondary level in the vicinity; if he will enter into discussions with a view to identifying an alternative location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16080/03]
Parliamentary Question: Juvenile Detention Centre
27th May 2003
370. Mr. O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his decision in respect of the proposed juvenile detention centre on the green belt at Kingswood Heights, Tallaght, Dublin 24, has now been conveyed to South Dublin City Council which had submitted strong objections in the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14242/03]