asked the Minister for Justice in relation to the powers conferred on him under the 1960 Criminal Justice Act, section 2, if he will say how many persons were granted full temporary release from all prisons and places of detention during each of the years from 1978 to 1984, inclusive.
Written Answers. - Temporary Prison Release.
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Limerick East): The information requested by the Deputy in regard to the numbers granted full temporary release in the years 1978 to 1983 is contained in the Annual Reports on Prisons for those years, copies of which are available in the Dáil Library. The information in respect of 1984 was contained in the answer to Parliamentary Question No. 374 asked by Deputy Woods on 23 October 1985, volume 361, column 247.