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asked the Minister for Justice if he will furnish details of the number of persons against whom charges have been preferred in 1977 in all courts in the State, indicating separately the number of persons who, during the same period, have been charged and appeared in the first instance before the Special Criminal Court; and the number who were (a) granted and (b) refused bail in respect of those charges.
509.
asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons in 1977 who were granted bail and who subsequently received sentences of imprisonment which were not suspended or set aside on appeal; the number of persons who, having been refused bail, were subsequently sentenced to terms of imprisonment which were not suspended or set aside on appeal; and the number of persons, having been refused bail, who did not receive sentences of imprisonment.
510.
asked the Minister for Justice if he will furnish details of the number of persons in 1977 who, while on bail and before being subsequently dealt with, committed offences with which they were subsequently charged and received terms of imprisonment.
511.
asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons in 1977 who, having been granted bail, had their recognisances estreated.
With the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, I propose to take Questions Nos. 508 to 511, inclusive, together. The information sought by the Deputy is not available from existing court or Garda statistics and could only be compiled by the expenditure of a disproportionate amount of staff time. In this connection I would refer the Deputy to the reply of the then Minister for Justice to Question No. 33 of 2 December 1976.
