Seán Power
Ceist:253 Mr. Power asked the Minister for Justice the number of prisoners granted temporary release in each year of the past five years. [12861/95]
Written Answers. - Prisoner Statistics.
The latest statistics available, compiled for the Annual Reports on Prisons and Places of Detention, are set out in the following table. (Information in respect of 1994 is expected to be available before the end of this year.)
|
No. granted full temporary release (i.e. the offender not liable to recommittal if conditions are observed) |
No. granted varying period of “renewable” temporary release (i.e. the offender required to have temporary release renewed at stated intervals) |
|
|
1990 |
1,979 |
2,700 |
|
1991 |
1,619 |
3,515 |
|
1992 |
2,782 |
2,864 |
|
1993 |
3,564 |
3,771 |
The numbers for 1994 are expected to be greater than those for 1993.
It should be noted that an individual offender may be counted in both categories i.e. an offender who progresses for "renewable" to "full" temporary release.
Seán Power
Ceist:254 Mr. Power asked the Minister for Justice the number of prisoners currently unlawfully at large; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12862/95]
Noel Dempsey
Ceist:279 Mr. Dempsey asked the Minister for Justice the number of prisoners at large who have breached the terms of their release bonds. [12989/95]
Liz O'Donnell
Ceist:305 Ms O'Donnell asked the Minister for Justice the numbers of prisoners on temporary release from each place of detention in the State at 1 September 1995; the number of such prisoners who have breached the terms of their temporary release bonds and failed to return; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13263/95]
I propose to take Questions Nos. 254, 279 and 305 together.
The number of offenders on temporary release from each institution on 1 September 1995 was as follows:
|
Mountjoy Prison |
176 |
|
Limerick Prison |
26 |
|
Cork Prison |
13 |
|
Arbour Hill Prison |
6 |
|
Portlaoise Prison |
8 |
|
Shelton Abbey |
33 |
|
The Training Unit |
40 |
|
Loughan House |
13 |
|
Fort Mitchel |
6 |
|
St. Patrick's Institution |
26 |
|
Shanganagh Castle |
20 |
|
Place of Detention Wheatfield |
29 |
Statistics regarding the number of offenders currently unlawfully at large are being compiled and analysed at present. I will forward the information sought to the Deputies as soon as it is available.