Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire
Ceist:872. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated full year cost of electronic tagging of persons released from prison by individual. [33745/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraTuesday, 24 July 2018
Ceisteanna (872)
Freagraí scríofa
I am to advise the Deputy that Part 10 of the Criminal Justice Act 2006 provides for the introduction of electronic monitoring.
Following a competitive tender in 2014, a company was awarded the contract for the supply of electronic monitoring of prisoners for the Irish Prison Service. The current service provider allows for the provision of up to 50 electronic tags to the Irish Prison Service. The contract requires a minimum usage of 10 tags and the Irish Prison Service currently have 20 tags available for their use. This contract is now due for renewal and a tender for the supply of an electronic monitoring service is being prepared by the Irish Prison Service.
I am advised by my officials in the Irish Prison Service that electronic monitoring is used to monitor some prisoners who have been granted Temporary Release including for the purpose of the Community Return/Support Scheme. The system is also used to monitor some hospital in-patients who have been granted temporary release from Prison. It thus allows for a significant reduction in staffing costs for hospital escorts.
The figures for 2017 are provided in the table.
It is important to stress that the electronic monitoring arrangements that operate within the Irish Prison system are different to those envisaged in legislation under the Bail Acts (as amended) where significantly different constitutional and operational considerations apply.
PQ 14790/91/93 - 2017 statistics
|
Prisoner |
Number of days prisoner was monitored electronically |
Overall monitoring cost per prisoner |
|
1 |
28 |
€1,453.48 |
|
2 |
143 |
€7,423.13 |
|
3 |
112 |
€5,813.92 |
|
4 |
59 |
€3,062.69 |
|
5 |
10 |
€519.10 |
|
6 |
52 |
€2,699.32 |
|
7 |
20 |
€1,038.20 |
|
8 |
174 |
€9,032.34 |
|
9 |
29 |
€1,505.39 |
|
10 |
33 |
€1,713.03 |
|
11 |
26 |
€1,349.66 |
|
12 |
14 |
€726.74 |
|
13 |
34 |
€1,764.94 |
|
14 |
14 |
€726.74 |
|
15 |
205 |
€10,641.55 |
|
16 |
28 |
€1,453.48 |
|
17 |
158 |
€8,201.78 |
|
18 |
21 |
€1,090.11 |
|
19 |
38 |
€1,972.58 |
|
20 |
115 |
€5,969.65 |
|
21 |
49 |
€2,543.59 |
|
22 |
49 |
€2,543.59 |
|
23 |
40 |
€2,076.40 |
|
24 |
30 |
€1,557.30 |
|
25 |
82 |
€4,256.62 |
|
26 |
36 |
€1,868.76 |
|
27 |
30 |
€1,557.30 |
|
28 |
41 |
€2,128.31 |
|
29 |
36 |
€1,868.76 |
|
30 |
18 |
€934.38 |
|
31 |
219 |
€11,368.29 |
|
32 |
19 |
€986.29 |
|
33 |
78 |
€4,048.98 |
|
34 |
15 |
€778.65 |
|
35 |
14 |
€726.74 |
|
36 |
89 |
€4,619.99 |
|
37 |
76 |
€3,945.16 |
|
38 |
16 |
€830.56 |
|
39 |
67 |
€3,477.97 |
|
40 |
41 |
€2,128.31 |
|
41 |
97 |
€5,035.27 |
|
42 |
35 |
€1,816.85 |
|
43 |
81 |
€4,204.71 |
|
44 |
25 |
€1,297.75 |
|
45 |
15 |
€778.65 |
|
46 |
28 |
€1,453.48 |
|
47 |
36 |
€1,868.76 |
|
48 |
14 |
€726.74 |
|
49 |
30 |
€1,557.30 |
|
50 |
32 |
€1,661.12 |
|
51 |
65 |
€3,374.15 |
|
52 |
42 |
€2,180.22 |
|
53 |
89 |
€4,619.99 |
|
54 |
23 |
€1,193.93 |
|
55 |
20 |
€1,038.20 |
|
56 |
98 |
€5,087.18 |
|
57 |
23 |
€1,193.93 |
|
58 |
34 |
€1,764.94 |
|
59 |
55 |
€2,855.05 |
|
Total |
3200 |
€166,112.00 |