16th December 2004
178. Mr. Neville asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if mentally ill prisoners who have been certified as insane are, on the day of their court appearance, suddenly certified as sane, only to be re-certified when the court appearance is over; the number of prisoners to whom this applied in the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33929/04]
16th December 2004
190. Mr. J. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps that have been taken to implement the Law Reform Commission's 1996 report on sentencing; if he will give a detailed response to that report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34056/04]
16th December 2004
192. Mr. J. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the issue of, and level of, inconsistency in sentencing in the District Court; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34058/04]
16th December 2004
193. Mr. J. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the proposals he has to address the issue of, and level of, inconsistency in sentencing in the District Court; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34059/04]
16th December 2004
196. Mr. J. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the annual cost of keeping prisoners in each prison; and his views on whether this expenditure is effective from the point of view of the prisoners and cost effective from the point of view of the State. [34067/04]
16th December 2004
198. Mr. J. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the funding given to organisations which provide rehabilitative services for offenders or ex-offenders. [34069/04]
15th December 2004
209. Mr. J. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made in commencing and implementing all provisions of the Children Act 2001; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33823/04]
14th December 2004
304. Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his policies on juvenile justice; if he will report on the range of facilities and programmes operated through his Department for young children and persons at risk of offending and for those who have offended; the stage which the work of the project team charged with rationalising and restructuring the State's service on juvenile justice has reached; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33016/04]
14th December 2004
310. Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in the past three years, the gardaí have seized any heroin here which, upon analysis, was found to contain rat poison; if so, the dates on which the heroin was seized, the quantity that was found to contain the rat poison and the concentration of the rat poison in the heroin. [33036/04]
9th December 2004
198. Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will publish a White Paper on penal reform. [32975/04]
Respect for rights in the penal system with prison as a last resort.