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Temporary Release of Prisoners. (4 Feb 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: No, July 2009.

Temporary Release of Prisoners. (4 Feb 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Yes, I appreciate that. My question is to what did that bring the figure for December. What was the total figure in December?

Temporary Release of Prisoners. (4 Feb 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Yes.

Temporary Release of Prisoners. (4 Feb 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Question No. 56 which I tabled asks for those figures but perhaps the Minister's advisers did not think we would reach it-----

Temporary Release of Prisoners. (4 Feb 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: -----and therefore they did not bother their barney telling the Minister, or the Minister will not bother his barney telling me. The point is that the Minister is using temporary release to deal with overcrowding.

Temporary Release of Prisoners. (4 Feb 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: That is the point.

Temporary Release of Prisoners. (4 Feb 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Is the Minister more compassionate in July than he is at Christmas? Perhaps we should move Christmas to July.

Temporary Release of Prisoners. (4 Feb 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: In July, 614 people-----

Temporary Release of Prisoners. (4 Feb 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: If the Minister could take himself out of the role of Santa Claus for a moment - I know he sees himself in that light-----

Temporary Release of Prisoners. (4 Feb 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: How many people were on temporary release at the end of December 2009?

Temporary Release of Prisoners. (4 Feb 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: That it compares very favourably to when my party was last in Government.

Temporary Release of Prisoners. (4 Feb 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Now can we skip that paragraph? I have heard it every time.

Temporary Release of Prisoners. (4 Feb 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: I would have thought the Minister had them handy in his file.

Temporary Release of Prisoners. (4 Feb 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: 1994 was a particularly bad year.

Temporary Release of Prisoners. (4 Feb 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: We did not have any prisoners because we did not have crime like we do now.

Temporary Release of Prisoners. (4 Feb 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Thanks be to God; I thought they fell into the grave.

Prison Drug Treatment Services. (4 Feb 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: We had an opportunity recently to visit Midlands Prison and it is fair to say we were very impressed by the testing procedures in place there for drugs and other contraband. However, am I not correct in stating that Midlands Prison is an exception and that similarly stringent security provisions are not deployed in other prisons? Serious problems have arisen in Dublin's prisons in regard to...

Garda Investigations. (4 Feb 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: I am sure no blame at all attaches to the Garda Síochána in this matter. I do not understand why investigations into whatever aspect of this kind of matter take so long in this country. When matters arise that require to be investigated in the public interest, the public has long forgotten what the issue was by the time a report is made. That seems to be a deliberate tactic of the public...

Legal Services Ombudsman. (4 Feb 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: To avoid asking a question, I agree with the sentiments expressed by Deputy Flanagan and I look forward to the Minister's reply.

Legal Services Ombudsman. (4 Feb 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: I hope we get to Question No. 10. Perhaps there will be injury time.