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Parliamentary Question: Prison Rape

12th May 2004

179. Mr. F. McGrath asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform  the number of rapes and sexual assaults in prisons to date in 2004. [13782/04]

Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform (Mr. McDowell):  There have been two allegations of sexual assault in prisons to date in 2004. These incidents related to alleged assaults in Cloverhill Prison and Cork Prison. Both incidents were reported to the Garda Síochána. As investigations are under way, I am not in a position to comment further on the two allegations at this stage.

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