Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 19 September 2012
36. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of diversions from prison to community mental health services during each year from 2006 to 2011, and to date in 2012. [39345/12]
View answerThe Prison Inreach and Court Liaison Service (PICLS) arranged the following number of diversions to community in-patient and outpatient services from 2006 to end 2011:
|
Year |
Total Number admitted to General Psychiatric Hospitals |
Number diverted to Community Treatment facilities |
Total number of diversions |
|
2006 |
24 |
17 |
41 |
|
2007 |
35 |
36 |
71 |
|
2008 |
24 |
67 |
91 |
|
2009 |
30 |
74 |
104 |
|
2010 |
35 |
79 |
114 |
|
2011 |
32 |
100 |
132 |
|
Total (as at 31 December 2011) |
180 |
373 |
553* |
A preliminary analysis of the data available for 2012 indicates that there have been 50 diversions to all agencies to date in 2012.
* The figure of 553 shown for diversions includes 18 prisoners, who had initially diverted to the Central Mental Hospital and were subsequently diverted to local services.
