Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)

I wish to express the Government's sympathy to the Barry family because this was a terrible tragedy. As Deputy Gilmore has correctly stated, the issues he has raised are not within the context of one specific tragedy. However, he referred to temporary releases and prison places. Since 1997 this Government has provided an additional 1,400 places and by the end of this year, the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform will have provided an additional 450 prison places-----

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