Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 17 Nov 1993

Vol. 435 No. 10

Written Answers. - Commissioning of Reports-Inquiries.

Peter Barry

Question:

117 Mr. Barry asked the Minister for Justice if her Department has been responsible for commissioning reports and/or inquiries over the past five years; if so, the nature and number of these; their cost; the number published or awaiting publication.

Minister for Justice (Mrs. Geoghegan-Quinn)

I assume the Deputy's question is concerned with the instances where a committee or a working group has been appointed to examine and or to enquire into matters of public policy or concern and that he is not concerned with reports prepared on items of internal Departmental management or operations. On this basis, the relevant reports are set out in the following tabular statement.

Name of Committee or Group	Nature of Committee's or Group's Work	Whether Report Published and Date Published	Cost of Publication of Report
			£
Committee on Public Safety and Crowd Control	To carry out a comprehensive examination of all aspects of public safety and crowd control in Ireland	YesFebruary 1990	628.80
Report of Committee to inquire into certain aspects of Criminal Procedure	(1) To examine the need for procedure whereby persons who have exhausted the normal appeals procedure can have their cases further reviewed; and	YesMarch 1990	325.60
	(2) to examine whether additional safeguards are needed in cases where uncorroborated inculpatory admissions can ground a conviction
Advisory Group on Prison Deaths	To examine the issue of deaths in prisons and to make recommendations in relation to any further measures which might be taken towards their prevention	YesAugust 1991	*
Interdepartmental Group on Urban Crime and Disorder	To report on measures aimed at addressing the difficulties caused in certain urban areas by the conduct of a minority of people engaged in criminal acts and intimidating behaviour	YesNovember 1992	1,200
Advisory Committee on Fraud	To report all aspects of the legal, technical and organisational aspects of the criminal justice response to serious fraud	YesJanuary 1993	19,124
Advisory Committee on Communicable Diseases in Prisons	To examine the problems posed by communicable diseases affecting offenders in prisons and places of detention and to make such recommendations as were considered appropriate	YesMay 1993	*
Advisory Committee on treatment programme for sex offenders	A proposal for a structured psychological treatment programme for sex offenders	YesDiscussionDocument (1993)	*

* Information in regard to the cost of publication of these reports has not yet been computed.