Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It might be helpful to state that the number being brought back at present varies but is usually five or fewer per year out of 60 or 80.

Deputy Wallace referred to the changed situation for the person, the difference between being in prison and being out of prison, what can happen, the adjustment, etc. It is worth bearing in mind that in all of these cases there will have been a period of temporary release. There will have been a rehabilitation plan that may have involved temporary periods visiting family. For example, there may have been a move to an open prison. That is taken into account when the parole board is examining the case. That is merely to put in context what the Deputy stated.