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Parliamentary Question: Prison Statistics

5th April 2007

110. Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform  the population held in prison either on remand or serving a sentence; and the same figures for five, ten, fifteen and twenty years previously.  [13581/07]

 Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform (Mr. McDowell): The following table gives the daily average number of prisoners in custody for the years requested by the Deputy.

Year              Daily average number of prisoners in custody

1987                                                           1,943

1992                                                           2,185

1997                                                           2,424

2002                                                           3,165

2007 to date                                                3,238

 

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