John Gormley
Ceist:362 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of people in prison for non-violent offences. [7273/98]
Written Answers. - Non-Violent Offences.
Statistics are not maintained in such a fashion which would allow the precise information requested by the Deputy to be made available. The extraction of the information would require the use of an inordinate amount of staff resources which could not be justified at this time.