Pa Daly (Kerry, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Can the Minister for Justice to outline the measures he is taking to remediate the current prison overcrowding crisis? The depth of the crisis was indicated to me recently when I spoke to a Garda regarding the proposed increased sentences for assaults. His response was quite cynical, in that he asked where we were going to put those who are convicted. In his experience, a lot of people are getting temporary release, the prisons are full and that it is almost pointless to increase sentences.

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