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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (30 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the following table shows the number of fixed charge notices issued for the offence of breaking a red light for the years 2009 to 2012 and in 2013 up to 30 April. Figures provided are operational and liable to change. The number of fixed charge notices issued for the offence of breaking a red light for the years 2009 to 2012 and in 2013 up to 30...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Anti-Social Behaviour (30 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I have requested a report from the Garda authorities in relation to the matter referred to by the Deputy. I will contact the Deputy directly as soon as the report is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Anti-Racism Measures (30 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I sympathise with the person who has written to the Deputy about the problem of racism which she has encountered and I fully share her view on the need to use every effort to combat this. Racism such as is evidenced here is completely unacceptable and a source of serious concern to me. In my Presidency capacity at EU level during the first six months of this year, I very specifically raised...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Numbers (30 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The average number of prisoners in custody in Ireland has risen in the last 5 years, from 3,321 during 2007 to 4,318 during 2012, an increase of over 30%. Likewise the total number of committals to prison has also risen sharply during the same period, from 11,934 in 2007 to 17,026 in 2012 – an increase of over 43%. Given the current number of prisoners in custody - 4,254 on 28 May 2013...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Accommodation (30 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I wish assure the Deputy that the Government is committed to the elimination of slopping out in all prisons and places of detention. As you are aware I published the Irish Prison Service Three Year Strategic Plan in April 2012. The Plan includes a 40 month capital plan to provide in-cell sanitation in all cells and radically improve prison conditions in the older part of the prison estate. I...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Regulations (30 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: It has not been possible, within the timeframe available, to collate the information required by the Deputy. I will contact the Deputy directly when the information is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Numbers (30 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I wish to inform the Deputy that the total number of persons under 21 years of age in prison custody on 27 May, 2013 was 274. This figure is made up of 273 males and 1 female. Their location is set out in the following table. Establishment Name Number of prisoners Castlerea Prison 20 Cloverhill Remand Prison 8 Cork Prison 19 Limerick Prison (Male) 10 Limerick Prison (Female)...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Education Service (30 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I can inform the Deputy that the following table shows the existing vacancies for workshop and work training posts in each Prison: Prison Vacancies Arbour Hill 7 Castlerea 8 Cloverhill 3 Cork 6 Dochas 5 Limerick 10 Loughan House 1 Midlands 24 Mountjoy 11 Portlaoise 14 Shelton Abbey 2 St. Patrick's Institution 2 Training Unit 2 Wheatfield 19 Many...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Rehabilitation Programmes (30 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The number of hours the library in each prison is scheduled to be open is set out in the table under. The libraries for Arbour Hill, Dóchas, Mountjoy, Shelton, St. Patrick's and the Training Unit are open as the demand requires. PRISON Scheduled Opening Hours (per week) % hours open January - December 2012 Arbour Hill On demand As required Castlerea 27.5 25 (Est.)...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Education Service (30 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The allocations within the education subhead of the prison vote to each of the following areas of education in 2013 are as follows: Education Unit in each Prison 2013 Arbour Hill     23,000 Castlerea     51,000 Cloverhill     29,000 Cork     40,000 Dóchas     38,000 Limerick    ...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Education Service (30 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Education Unit in each of the prisons offers a broad and flexible programme of education to prisoners, ranging from basic literacy classes to Open University courses. With regard to Open University, there is a uniform application procedure with associated guidelines and prisoners must demonstrate the proven academic ability required to complete a third level course of study, prior to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Numbers (30 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I wish to inform the Deputy that with effect from 4 June 2013 the number of prisoners in custody will be published on the prison service website www.irishprisons.ie on a daily basis excluding weekends and bank holidays, numbers for those days will be published the next working day.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Regulations (30 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I can inform the Deputy that Incentivised Regimes were introduced on a phased basis across all prisons in 2012. Incentivised Regimes provides for a differentiation of privileges between prisoners according to their level of engagement with services and quality of behaviour. The objective is to provide tangible incentives to prisoners to participate in structured activities and to reinforce...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Restorative Justice (30 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The delivery of restorative justice approaches are primarily a matter for the Irish Youth Justice Service strategic partners - An Garda Síochána and the Young Persons Division of the Probation Service. Restorative justice in the context of youth crime was introduced on a statutory basis for the first time in the Children Act 2001, as amended. There are two restorative justice...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Spent Convictions Legislation (30 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: In relation to the timeframe for the enactment of the Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012, I would refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 210 of 22 May 2013, copy under. As regards a conviction for the possession of cannabis, the Bill's provisions are based on the sentence imposed rather than on the offence committed. Sentences of 12 months or less are...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Accommodation Refurbishment (30 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: As the Deputy may be aware, under the provisions of the Courts Service Act 1998, management of the courts is the responsibility of the Courts Service. The Act provides that the Service is independent in the performance of its functions, including the maintenance and provision of courthouse facilities. However, in order to be of assistance to the Deputy, I have had enquiries made and the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (30 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned is the subject of a Deportation Order and her son is the subject of a Judicial Review in relation to his asylum application. The matter is therefore sub judice. Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to the INIS by e-mail using the Oireachtas Mail facility which has been specifically established for this purpose. This...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Policies (30 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 210 and 212 together. I can inform the Deputy that the Incentivised Regimes Policy was introduced on a phased basis across all prisons in 2012. Incentivised Regimes provides for a differentiation of privileges between prisoners according to their level of engagement with services and quality of behaviour. The objective is to provide tangible incentives to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Staff (30 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Irish Prison Service is implementing an Integrated Sentence Management (ISM) initiative within the prison system. ISM involves a new orientation in the delivery of services to prisoners and an emphasis on prisoners taking greater personal responsibility for their own development through active engagement with both specialist and non-specialist services in the prisons. The end result is a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drugs in Prisons (30 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy may be aware that an agreed Drug Treatment Clinical Policy document was first issued by the Irish Prison Service in 2008. It was reviewed during 2012 to ensure that the Irish Prison Service continued to match best practice in the community, insofar as is possible in the prison setting and within the context of the current budgetary constraints. The policy was examined in detail...