Parliamentary Proceedings
Parliamentary Question: Juvenile Offenders
13th May 2003
183. Mr. F. McGrath asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether early intervention with dysfunctional children will lead to a reduction in the prison population in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8033/03]
Parliamentary Question: Juvenile Detention Centres
13th May 2003
187. Ms Shortall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has made a decision regarding plans for the provision of a new juvenile detention centre at Clondalkin, County Dublin; the type of prisoner it is proposed to hold at the centre; if his attention has been drawn to concerns expressed by local communities and public representatives at the proposal, in view of the fact that there are already two prisons in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12812/03]
Parliamentary Question: Mental Health Courts
13th May 2003
191. Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the proposal to introduce mental health courts here. [12816/03]
Parliamentary Question: Prison Medical Service
13th May 2003
127. Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his Department's plans to work with the Department of Health and Children in tackling the harrowing statistics produced by Amnesty International that the human rights of one person in four are being abused by the outdated mental health care services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12852/03]
Parliamentary Question: Prison Conditions
13th May 2003
165. Mr. Howlin asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the strong criticism of conditions in Mountjoy Prison by the National Catholic Prison chaplains, which were described as degrading and unsanitary; the steps he intends to take to end these shocking conditions; his plans to visit the prison to see the conditions for himself; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12771/03]
Parliamentary Question: Prison Visiting Committees
13th May 2003
181. Ms Lynch asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans for reform of the prison visiting committees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12772/03]
Parliamentary Question: Prison Staff
13th May 2003
194. Mr. Howlin asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals for the ending of overtime by prison officers; if he intends to enter into negotiations with the Irish Prison Officers Association regarding his proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12770/03]
Parliamentary Question: Bullying in the Workplace
8th May 2003
189. Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the measures which his Department takes to address bullying in the workplace, particularly in prisons; the anti-bullying policy in the Prison Service; the mechanisms to make a complaint; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12523/03]
Parliamentary Question: Prison Accommodation
7th May 2003
609. Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress to date in implementing the decision to abolish padded cells within the prison service. [11409/03]
Parliamentary Question: Prison Committals and Learning Disabilities
7th May 2003
642. Mr. F. McGrath asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of recommendations of his Department's report on intellectual disability in prisons which have been implemented. [11803/03]\ 680. Mr. O'Dowd asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when his Department's report on the levels of intellectual disability-mental handicap in Irish prisons will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12353/03]
