Jim O'Keeffe (Cork South West, Fine Gael)

I want to raise the issue of the number of persons arrested, charged or awaiting trial under sections 1 or 2 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1935. On Wednesday of last week in the Dáil, the Taoiseach indicated he thought the figure was 20, and said he would write to Deputy Kenny to give him the exact figure. The issue was again raised with the Minister for Finance, Deputy Cowen, when he was taking the Order of Business. He confirmed it was his understanding that the Taoiseach would write to Deputy Kenny.

Yesterday, in the House, I had a question on that issue for the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, and even at that stage, his response was that the information requested was not available. When in the name of goodness are we to have the answer?

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