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Written Answers — Prisoner Deaths: Prisoner Deaths (16 Sep 2009)

Charles Flanagan: Question 760: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prisoners who have died in custody each year for the past four years and to date in 2009 in tabular form; the prison or Garda station that each of the deceased was held in immediately before or at the time of their death; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31415/09]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (16 Sep 2009)

Charles Flanagan: Question 761: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will progress legislation in respect of spent convictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31416/09]

Written Answers — Restorative Justice Programme: Restorative Justice Programme (16 Sep 2009)

Charles Flanagan: Question 762: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the locations at which the restorative justice programme is used; if he will roll out the programme further; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31417/09]

Written Answers — Liquor Licensing Laws: Liquor Licensing Laws (16 Sep 2009)

Charles Flanagan: Question 763: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prosecutions and convictions which have been secured in respect of the offence of selling alcohol to minors each year for the past four years and to date in 2009 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31418/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (16 Sep 2009)

Charles Flanagan: Question 764: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of additional posts which have been created in the State forensic laboratory since the publication of the Kopp report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31419/09]

Criminal Law (Home Defence) Bill 2009: Second Stage (17 Sep 2009)

Charles Flanagan: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I wish to share time with Deputies Joe Carey, Jim O'Keeffe, Creighton, McHugh and O'Mahony.

Criminal Law (Home Defence) Bill 2009: Second Stage (17 Sep 2009)

Charles Flanagan: This straightforward Bill will prevent a trespasser from taking a civil action against a home owner who may injure that trespasser while defending his home. It will mean that a home owner will not be subject to a criminal prosecution in such circumstances. It seeks to set out clearly in law that a home owner is not under an obligation to retreat when faced with an aggressor in his or her...

Criminal Law (Home Defence) Bill 2009: Second Stage (17 Sep 2009)

Charles Flanagan: None that cannot be dealt with on Committee Stage.

Criminal Law (Home Defence) Bill 2009: Second Stage (17 Sep 2009)

Charles Flanagan: The Bill has nothing to do with wandering children.

Criminal Law (Home Defence) Bill 2009: Second Stage (17 Sep 2009)

Charles Flanagan: A simple amendment will deal with that.

Prison Accommodation. (22 Sep 2009)

Charles Flanagan: Question 7: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prisoner places available in each prison here; the number of prisoners currently in each prison; and his plans to address overcrowding in prisons in the short, medium and long term. [31685/09]

Prison Accommodation. (22 Sep 2009)

Charles Flanagan: The figures given to the House by the Minister have been well massaged and cooked either by himself or somebody close to him. He is complicit in massaging the figures, which do not show the true picture. There are 3,947 prison spaces in the country currently and he has conveniently said that 3,904 are occupied. The Minister also conveniently neglected to inform the House that over 600...

Prison Accommodation. (22 Sep 2009)

Charles Flanagan: I cannot hear what the Chair is saying because the Minister is continuing to speak.

Prison Accommodation. (22 Sep 2009)

Charles Flanagan: I welcome the Minister's comment that there are no persons in prison today for the non-payment of debts. How many deportees are currently in prison? Has the Minister given any consideration to the report of the Inspector of Prisons and Places of Detention, Judge Michael Reilly, which paints a most grim and bleak picture of our prisons? In the course of his report, Judge Reilly refers to the...

Prison Accommodation. (22 Sep 2009)

Charles Flanagan: Those people are not among the 600 individuals who are currently at large.

Criminal Prosecutions. (22 Sep 2009)

Charles Flanagan: The Minister knows the spin was in overdrive.

Garda Deployment. (22 Sep 2009)

Charles Flanagan: Question 9: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of community gardaí assigned to each county that borders Northern Ireland; his views on whether an absence of community gardaí may be creating space for vigilantes to operate; and the steps he proposes to take to address vigilante activity in Border areas. [31686/09]

Garda Deployment. (22 Sep 2009)

Charles Flanagan: I ask the Minister to ensure that such action will be both strong and effective and that he might visit this issue with the Garda Commissioner at the earliest opportunity. Lest the Minister is under the impression that there is no vigilante activity along the Border, I put to him the direct link between such vigilante activity, that is, people taking the law into their own hands, and an...

Garda Deployment. (22 Sep 2009)

Charles Flanagan: On a daily basis, one hears from the Garda top brass of the effect that enforced Garda retirements arising from Government policy is having within the higher echelons of the Garda Síochána. The Minister should assure the House there will be no switching of personnel who are involved in intelligence gathering from Border areas and that any retirements will be filled immediately to prevent...

Garda Deployment. (22 Sep 2009)

Charles Flanagan: Has activity increased? The Minister has told the House that it has not or that if it has, he does not wish Members to speak about it or acknowledge it. Has there been such an increase?