Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 17 November 2004
418 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prison committal orders executed on a county basis in 2001, 2002, 2003 and to date in 2004 for non-payment of debts; and the shortest and average period of imprisonment. [29085/04]
View answerFigures on committals for debt-related offences for the years 2001, 2002 and 2003 are set out in the following table. I am informed that figures for 2004 are not yet available and that the county of location refers to the committal court rather than the address of the person committed.
|
County |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
|
Carlow |
2 |
3 |
5 |
|
Cavan |
5 |
3 |
9 |
|
Clare |
3 |
3 |
4 |
|
Cork |
13 |
12 |
30 |
|
Donegal |
3 |
1 |
2 |
|
Dublin |
33 |
32 |
33 |
|
Galway |
8 |
7 |
6 |
|
Kerry |
10 |
17 |
16 |
|
Kildare |
3 |
14 |
3 |
|
Kilkenny |
1 |
6 |
4 |
|
Laois |
2 |
2 |
1 |
|
Leitrim |
1 |
0 |
3 |
|
Limerick |
11 |
21 |
22 |
|
Louth |
1 |
9 |
11 |
|
Longford |
2 |
4 |
1 |
|
Mayo |
3 |
6 |
4 |
|
Meath |
2 |
6 |
9 |
|
Monaghan |
0 |
0 |
9 |
|
Offaly |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
Roscommon |
4 |
2 |
1 |
|
Sligo |
2 |
2 |
1 |
|
Tipperary |
8 |
11 |
12 |
|
Waterford |
3 |
6 |
11 |
|
Westmeath |
2 |
1 |
2 |
|
Wexford |
3 |
5 |
10 |
|
Wicklow |
3 |
3 |
3 |
|
Total |
129 |
177 |
214 |
The shortest time that any of those persons spent in custody was one day. The average sentence passed down by the courts for those offences was 22 days for 2001, 28 days for 2002 and 23 days for 2003. However, it should be noted that in cases where the person paid the outstanding amount the entire sentence would not have been completed.
