Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 11 November 2010
204 Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of external reports and reviews commissioned by his Department in 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010; if he will name each report and review; if he will outline the spending on external reports and reviews in each of those years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42288/10]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe information requested by the Deputy concerning external reports/reviews commissioned by my Department in 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010 is set out below:
Reports / reviews commissioned in 2008
Government Alcohol Advisory Group
Report on the work of the Criminal Law Codification Advisory Committee
A mapping of programmes working with perpetrators of domestic violence/abuse and an examination of models of best practice
An examination of court system responses to domestic, sexual and gender-based violence/abuse and models of best practice
Report of the Data Protection Review Group
Review of Adult Probation Residential Facilities
Reports / reviews commissioned in 2009
An examination of data collection systems and procedures in relation to domestic, sexual and gender-based violence/abuse in Ireland
Report on Prisoner Population Projections 2009-2024
Reports / reviews commissioned in 2010
Review by Public Appointments Service (PAS) of the Senior Management Structure at Oberstown Campus
Review of Prescribing Practices at Midlands Prison
Review of Primary Care at Midlands Prison
Review of Primary Care at Cork Prison
Review of Primary Care at Mountjoy Prison
Review of the Mental Health Factors Relating to an Incident which resulted in
the death of a prisoner at Cork Prison
Review of Drug Treatment Services at Cork, Midlands and Mountjoy Prisons
Report on the Facilitations Process, Midlands Prison
Review of the Code of Discipline (Irish Prison Service)
Audit of Lighthouse Programme Participants (Probation Service)
Working Group on transparency in commercial rent reviews
Total spending on reports/reviews commissioned in 2008 was €112,000, in 2009 was €40,000 and details of the amount expected for all of 2010 will not be available until early next year.
