Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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Following on from that, I put in a parliamentary question. Over two years, there are 20-odd, but without knowing the circumstances, you cannot really give a judgment when the numbers get that small. Because of other work I do with prisoners, one of the other things I was interested in was how that compared to remands and bails in the North of Ireland, where bail conditions can be very strict. It actually compares favourably. It would be interesting to get the figures across Scotland, Wales and England as well. I agree that people have a right to have their hearings within a reasonable time. We would have to check that in some cases the delay is not on the defence side, looking for more time, and that they are not adjourning the case. It is tricky until all the information has been obtained.