Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 17 September 2014
583. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide in tabular form a breakdown of the number of convicted persons imprisoned for less than one week; less than two weeks; less than three weeks; less than four weeks; less than five week; less than six weeks; less than seven weeks; less than eight weeks; less than nine weeks; less than ten weeks; less than 11 weeks; and less than 12 weeks in 2013. [33407/14]
View answer584. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 210 of 16 July 2014, the position regarding the table contained within indicating the proportional distribution of the number of prisoners who served less than three months in prison; and if the majority of these were at the longer or shorter end of the scale. [33408/14]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 583 and 584 together.
As I set out in my reply to the Deputy's Question No 210 of 16 July 2014, there were 8,663 committals (69%) under sentence in 2013 for sentences of 12 weeks or less. This category includes those committed (7,940) as a consequence of the non-payment of a court ordered fine.
A breakdown of the length of sentence as requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table.
|
- |
Committals |
|
<1 week |
3,607 |
|
1 week to <2 weeks |
2,035 |
|
2 weeks to <3 weeks |
1,394 |
|
3 weeks to <4 weeks |
268 |
|
4 weeks to <5 weeks |
574 |
|
5 weeks to <6 weeks |
38 |
|
6 weeks to <7 weeks |
288 |
|
7 weeks to <8 weeks |
22 |
|
8 weeks to <9 weeks |
418 |
|
9 weeks to <10 weeks |
4 |
|
10 weeks to <11 weeks |
14 |
|
11 weeks to <12 weeks |
1 |
|
Total |
8,663 |
