Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 29 June 2004
375 Mr. Neville asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of admissions from prisons to the Central Mental Hospital, Dundrum, Dublin, in each year between 1998 and 2004, inclusive of persons who were certified clinically insane by prison doctors or by consultants from the Central Mental Hospital immediately prior to, or at the time of their admission to the hospital. [19385/04]
View answerThe latest figures available to me for offenders who transferred from prisons to the Central Mental Hospital are set out in a table as follows:
|
Year |
Total No. of Admissions |
Certifications |
Voluntary |
Total number of Prisoners involved |
|
1998 |
No figures available |
No figures available |
No figures available |
No figures available |
|
1999 |
434 |
100 |
334 |
N/A |
|
2000 |
347 |
107 |
240 |
N/A |
|
2001 |
231 |
136 |
95 |
126 |
|
2002 |
207 |
149 |
58 |
113 |
|
2003 |
305 |
259 |
46 |
122 |
|
2004(up to 25 June) |
106 |
94 |
12 |
68 |
Some offenders transferred to the Central Mental Hospital on more than one occasion during the year.
