Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 18 October 2006
187 Mr. Grealish asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons currently serving sentences in prisons here; the number of these who are Irish nationals; the number who are from the pre-enlargement EU 15; the number from each of the 10 most recent accession States; the number from outside of the EU; the nationality of those who are from outside the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33338/06]
Amharc ar fhreagraOn 16 October 2006, there was a total of 2,542 persons in custody serving prison sentences. A breakdown of the number and nationalities of the sentenced persons from the 15 pre-enlargement EU Member States is set out in the following table:
|
Nationality |
Number of Persons |
|
Irish |
2,315 |
|
United Kingdom & Northern Irish |
56 |
|
Dutch |
5 |
|
Portuguese |
3 |
|
Spanish |
3 |
|
Italian |
2 |
|
German |
1 |
|
Danish |
1 |
|
Total> |
2,386 |
The number of sentenced prisoners (43) in custody from each of the 10 most recent accession states is set out in the following table:
|
Nationality |
Number of Persons |
|
Lithuanian |
19 |
|
Latvian |
10 |
|
Polish |
10 |
|
Czech |
1 |
|
Estonian |
1 |
|
Hungarian |
1 |
|
Maltese |
1 |
|
Cypriot |
0 |
|
Slovakian |
0 |
|
Slovenian |
0 |
|
Total |
43 |
On that date, a total of 113 sentenced prisoners in custody were recorded as nationals of non-EU Member States. A breakdown of the nationality of those prisoners is set out in the following table:
|
Nationality |
Number of Persons |
|
Chinese |
19 |
|
Nigerian |
16 |
|
Romanian |
13 |
|
Brazilian |
8 |
|
American |
5 |
|
Russian |
5 |
|
Georgian |
4 |
|
Niger |
4 |
|
South African |
4 |
|
Albanian |
3 |
|
Algerian |
3 |
|
Iranian |
3 |
|
Croatian |
2 |
|
Kosovan |
2 |
|
Moldovan |
2 |
|
Somalian |
2 |
|
Ukrainian |
2 |
|
Angolan |
1 |
|
Australian |
1 |
|
Congolese |
1 |
|
Eritrean |
1 |
|
Ghanaian |
1 |
|
Guyanan |
1 |
|
Indian |
1 |
|
Iraqi |
1 |
|
Lebanese |
1 |
|
Libyan |
1 |
|
Malaysian |
1 |
|
Pakistani |
1 |
|
Rwandan |
1 |
|
Sierra Leonean |
1 |
|
Tanzanian |
1 |
|
Ugandan |
1 |
|
Total |
113 |
Of the 2,542 persons serving prison sentences, 2,315 were recorded as Irish nationals. This equated to approximately 91% of sentenced persons in custody on that date
