Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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779. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to parliamentary Question No. 114 of 30 May 2017, if he will clarify the meaning of operational grounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27368/17]

Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael)
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The Deputy will appreciate that I am not in a position to comment on individual prisoner matters.

I will however advise the Deputy that when considering prisoners for sentence management decisions such as transfers, temporary release, transfer to Open Centres and other concessions, my officials in the Irish Prison Service consider a wide range of issues, as outlined in my response to PQ 114 of 30 May 2017.

All of the factors outlined in that response are considered ‘Operational’ and any one of those factors, or a combination of them, can lead to a decision to approve or reject an application on Operational grounds.