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]
22nd February 2007
49. Mr. Sargent asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding conditions in Mountjoy Prison; if and the way the problem of overcrowding at the prison has been alleviated since the summer since months of 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6857/07]
22nd February 2007
65. Mr. Callely asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the level of funding that has been allocated for methadone maintenance programmes and other such treatments and programmes for drug addicts in the Prison Services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6760/07]
22nd February 2007
77. Mr. M. Brady asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the Youth Justice Service of his Department will take over responsibility for the juvenile detention centres currently managed by the Department of Education and Science; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6795/07]
22nd February 2007
78. Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the information he holds on the rates of recidivism amongst young offenders here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6861/07]
22nd February 2007
97. Mr. J. Higgins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department has received the final tenders for the proposed PPP development at Thornton, County Dublin. [7015/07]\ \ 99. Mr. J. Higgins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the person who is evaluating the final tenders for the proposed PPP development at Thornton, County Dublin. [7017/07]\ \ 100. Mr. J. Higgins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be taken on which tender will be awarded the contract for the proposed PPP development at Thornton, County Dublin. [7018/07]\ \ 101. Mr. J. Higgins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the expected date for signing the contract for the proposed PPP development at Thornton, County Dublin. [7019/07]\ \ 102. Mr. J. Higgins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps involved before the contract for the proposed PPP development at Thornton, County Dublin can be signed. [7020/07]
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
98. Mr. J. Higgins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if one of the preferred partners has withdrawn from the tendering process in relation to the proposed PPP development at Thornton, County Dublin; and if so, the reason for same. [7016/07]
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]
20th February 2007
225. Mr. McEntee asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an assessment was undertaken of the R130 road which is the access road to the proposed Thornton Hall prison site; the persons who undertook the assessment; if the circumstances of the local school (details supplied) were included in the assessment; if a copy of the environmental impact assessment to support the case that the R130 road was suitable for access to the prison site will be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6154/07]
Respect for rights in the penal system with prison as a last resort.