Prisoner Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 18 June 2015

Thursday, 18 June 2015

Questions (166, 167, 168)

Clare Daly

Question:

166. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons serving a sentence of less than ten years on 5 May 2015. [24285/15]

Clare Daly

Question:

167. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons aged 18 to 20 years, inclusive, serving a sentence of less than ten years on 5 May 2015. [24286/15]

Clare Daly

Question:

168. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons aged 21 to 25 years, inclusive, serving a sentence of less than ten years on 5 May 2015. [24287/15]

Written answers

Minister for Justice and Equality

I propose to take Questions Nos. 166 to 168, inclusive, together.

I am advised by the Irish Prison Service that it conducts an analysis of the snapshot of the prison population on the last day of each month. Accordingly, an analysis of the snapshot of the prison population conducted on the 30th April, 2015 shows there was a total of 2,630 persons serving a sentence of less than ten years, of this 159 persons were aged 18 to 20 years and 581 were aged 21 to 25 years.