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

I take the point that Deputy Pringle has made. I will try to ensure we are able to move ahead this year in respect of the legislation.

To give the Deputy some other information, in 2016 one prisoner transferred in and ten prisoners transferred out of the State. The most recent published figures on such transfers, which are up to the end of 2016, show that a total of 154 prisoners have transferred here from other countries since the Transfer of Sentenced Persons Act came into operation on 1 November 1995 and 180 prisoners have been transferred to other jurisdictions under the Act.

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