Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 365: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath has been granted weekend parole or any other form of temporary release since their conviction; if so the dates on which and reasons therefor; if a date has been fixed for the person's parole hearing in 2005; and if the family of this person's victim will be informed of any future temporary release of the prisoner and parole hearing. [23247/05]

Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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The person referred to by the Deputy has received no form of temporary release since his committal to prison. I am also informed that his case will next be reviewed by the parole board in or around August 2007. The Deputy will be aware that there are provisions whereby victims of serious crime, or members of their family, who indicate such a wish will be notified whenever significant developments occur in the sentence management of prisoner cases. For obvious reasons, my Department regards these types of communication as completely confidential and I am not, therefore, prepared to comment on whether such an arrangement is in place in this or any other case.