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]
Michael 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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