Written answers

Tuesday, 11 October 2005

Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform

Prisoner Numbers

9:00 pm

Gay Mitchell (Dublin South Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 341: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of convicted prisoners here at present; the breakdown of these by nationality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27373/05]

Photo of Michael McDowellMichael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table. The data contained therein relates to those serving prison sentences on 4 October 2005.

Prison Sentenced
Irish 2,339
British 64
South African 17
Chinese 14
Lithuanian 8
Romanian 7
Nigerian 7
Polish 5
Albanian 4
Niger 4
Czech 3
American 3
Dutch 3
Georgian 3
Kosovan 3
Pakistani 3
Portuguese 3
Algerian 2
Estonian 2
Latvian 2
Sierra Leonean 2
Australian 1
Brazilian 1
Canadian 1
Congolese 1
Guyanan 1
Iraqi 1
Ivory Coast 1
Jamaican 1
Kenyan 1
Liberian 1
Malaysian 1
Russian 1
Somalian 1
Spanish 1
Trinidad & Tobago 1
Turkish 1
Vietnamese 1
Zimbabwe 1
Unknown 4
Total 2,520

The number of non-EU nationals totals 86 and has been calculated as 3.4% of the sentenced population. The number of non-Irish EU nationals amounts to 91 and corresponds to 3.6% of those serving sentences. A total of 93% of sentenced persons are of Irish nationality.

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