Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Wednesday, 19 Jun 1996

Vol. 467 No. 2

Written Answers. - Early Prisoner Release Data.

Desmond J. O'Malley

Ceist:

32 Mr. O'Malley asked the Minister for Justice the name of each convicted person released from prison since 1 September 1994 in view of the early release programme arising from the provisional IRA ceasefire of 31 August 1994, specifying in each case the offence for which the person so released had been convicted, the balance of the full sentence left to be served and whether any such person so released has since been rearrested and charged in connection with other matters. [12862/96]

Minister for Justice (Mrs. Owen)

The following are the details of the release of subversive prisoners from 1 September 1994 to date. The figure for the balance of the full sentence left to be served refers to the net sentence i.e. taking the standard remission of 25 per cent of sentence into account.

(1) 8 persons released on 20 January, 1995

	Offence	Balance of Sentence
Gerard Burns	Possession of Firearms and Possession of Ammunition	5 per cent
Richard Comerford	Robbery	32 per cent
Michael Daly	Possession of Firearms and Possession of Ammunition	29 per cent
Owen Gallagher	Possession of Ammunition	0.1 per cent
P.J. Griffin	Possession of Firearms, Possession of Ammunition and Robbery	10 per cent
John Harnett	Possession and Control of Firearms and Ammunition	4 per cent
P. Aaron O'Connell	Murder and Armed Robbery	Life Sentence (15 Years served)
Eamonn Nolan	Murder and Armed Robbery	Life Sentence (12.25 Years served)

(2) 5 persons released on 3 February, 1995

	Offence	Balance of Sentence
John P. McBride	Assault	33 per cent
Stephen Sheedy	Possession of Explosives	50 per cent
Ken Gaffney	Possession of Firearms	43 per cent
Patrick J. Flanagan	Possession of Firearms, Ammunition and Explosives	17 per cent
Pamela Kane	Armed Robbery	36 per cent

(3) 7 persons released on 13 April, 1995

	Offence	Balance of Sentence
Ken Bolger	Possession of Firearms and Robbery	25 per cent
Seamus Ennis	Possession of Explosives and Possession of Explosives with intent	27 per cent
John Kelehan	Robbery and Unlawful Seizure of a Motor Powered Vehicle	27 per cent
Eamon O Cleirigh	Possession of Explosives and Membership of an Unlawful Organisation	27 per cent
Declan O'Neill	Possession of Explosives and Possession of Explosives with intent	27 per cent
Michael O'Reilly	Possession of Explosives	18 per cent
Matthew O Treasaigh	Possession of Firearms, Offences under the Official Secrets Act and Membership of an Unlawful Organisation	28 per cent

(4) 12 persons released on 29 July, 1995

	Offence	Balance of Sentence
Dominic Adams	Possession of Firearms, Robbery and Use of Firearms to Resist Arrest	30 per cent
Anthony Beggs	Possession of Firearms, Robbery and Use of Firearms to Resist Arrest	30 per cent
Niall Carroll	Possession of Explosives	37 per cent
Brian Kenna	Armed Robbery	30 per cent
Leslie Kinsella	Possession of Explosives, Possession of Explosives with intent and Membership of an Unlawful Organisation	38 per cent
Patrick Lavin	Possession of Firearms, Robbery and Use of Firearms to Resist Arrest	30 per cent
John O'Brien	Possession of Explosives	40 per cent
Ciaran O'Dwyer	Possession of Explosives and Firearms and Possession of Firearms with intent	31 per cent
Liam Phelan	Possession of Firearms and Ammunition with intent	28 per cent
Eugene Sloan	Possession of Explosives	38 per cent
John Carmody	Possession of Explosives and Firearms	33 per cent
Denis Kelly	Offences under the Official Secrets Act	7 per cent

(5) 4 persons released on 6 November, 1995

	Offence	Balance of Sentence
Mark Farrell	Possession of Firearms and Robbery	42 per cent
Gerard Kearns	Possession of Firearms, Robbery and Use of Firearms to Resist Arrest	39 per cent
Pearse McCauley	Possession of Firearms and Ammunition	51 per cent
Nessan Quinlivan	Possession of Firearms and Ammunition	13 per cent

None of the above persons has since been rearrested and charged in connection with other matters.