Prisoner Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 15 December 2015

Tuesday, 15 December 2015

Questions (317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336, 337, 338, 339, 340)

Clare Daly

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317. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons serving a sentence of less than three months on 23 November 2015. [45270/15]

Clare Daly

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318. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons from 18 to 20 years of age serving a sentence of less than three months on 23 November 2015. [45271/15]

Clare Daly

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319. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons from 21 to 25 years of age serving a sentence of less than three months on 23 November 2015. [45272/15]

Clare Daly

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320. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons serving a sentence of less than six months on 23 November 2015. [45273/15]

Clare Daly

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321. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons from 18 to 20 years of age serving a sentence of less than six months on 23 November 2015. [45274/15]

Clare Daly

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322. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons from 21 to 25 years of age serving a sentence of less than six months on 23 November 2015. [45275/15]

Clare Daly

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323. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons serving a sentence of less than 12 months on 23 November 2015. [45276/15]

Clare Daly

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324. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons from 18 to 20 years of age serving a sentence of less than 12 months on 23 November 2015. [45277/15]

Clare Daly

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325. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons from 21 to 25 years of age serving a sentence of less than 12 months on 23 November 2015. [45278/15]

Clare Daly

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326. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons serving a sentence of less than 24 months on 23 November 2015. [45279/15]

Clare Daly

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327. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons from 18 to 20 years of age serving a sentence of less than 24 months on 23 November 2015. [45280/15]

Clare Daly

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328. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons from 21 to 25 years of age serving a sentence of less than 24 months on 23 November 2015. [45281/15]

Clare Daly

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329. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons serving a sentence of less than three years on 23 November 2015. [45282/15]

Clare Daly

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330. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons from 18 to 20 years of age serving a sentence of less than three years on 23 November 2015. [45283/15]

Clare Daly

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331. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons from 21 to 25 years of age serving a sentence of less than three years on 23 November 2015. [45284/15]

Clare Daly

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332. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons serving a sentence of less than five years on 23 November 2015. [45285/15]

Clare Daly

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333. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons from 18 to 20 years of age serving a sentence of less than five years on 23 November 2015. [45286/15]

Clare Daly

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334. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons from 21 to 25 years of age serving a sentence of less than five years on 23 November 2015. [45287/15]

Clare Daly

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335. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons serving a sentence of less than ten years on 23 November 2015. [45288/15]

Clare Daly

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336. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons from 18 to 20 years of age serving a sentence of less than ten years on 23 November 2015. [45289/15]

Clare Daly

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337. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons from 21 to 25 years of age serving a sentence of less than ten years on 23 November 2015. [45290/15]

Clare Daly

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338. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons serving a sentence of more than ten years on 23 November 2015. [45291/15]

Clare Daly

Question:

339. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons from 18 to 20 years of age serving a sentence of more than ten years on 23 November 2015. [45292/15]

Clare Daly

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340. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons from 21 to 25 years of age serving a sentence of more than ten years on 23 November 2015. [45293/15]

Written answers

Minister for Justice and Equality

I propose to take Questions Nos. 317 to 340, 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 was conducted on the 30 November, 2015 and this analysis has been used to provide the information requested by the Deputy.

The information is set out in the following table.

Number of persons serving a sentence by age and sentence length

Length Group	17 Year Olds	18 to <21	21 to <26	26 to <30	30 to <40	40 to <50	50 years+	Total
< 3 Months	0	0	2	3	5	4	1	15
3 to <6 Months	4	17	16	27	27	11	7	109
6 to <12 Months	4	31	72	47	76	29	4	263
1 to <2 Years	1	42	107	64	130	58	26	428
2 to <3 Years	1	34	89	64	157	46	38	429
3 to <5 Years	2	23	154	114	201	75	58	627
5 to <10 Years	1	12	104	110	233	135	86	681
10+ Years	0	0	14	21	85	66	68	254
Lifers	0	1	14	28	129	101	71	344
Total	13	160	572	478	1,043	525	359	3,150