Clare Daly
Question:110. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 70 of 20 November 2014, whether her understanding is that the term "spiritual visits" is synonymous with the provision of a regular chaplaincy service within the prison system or refers to spiritual comfort visits from priests, pastors and those who officiate in other religions who come from outside the prison, for example, from a prisoner's home area; which spiritual visits have hitherto been allowed surplus to the regular visits to which prisoners are entitled; and if there has been a policy change to discontinue such spiritual comfort visits per above citing overcrowding in prisons. [45655/14]
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