Written answers
Wednesday, 31 October 2007
Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
Juvenile Offenders
9:00 pm
Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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Question 529: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of 15 to 18 year olds in custody of the Prison Services for each of the years 2004, 2005, 2006 and to date in 2007 with a breakdown for each institution in tabular readable form. [26548/07]
Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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I am advised by the Director General of the Irish Prison Service that the information as requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table. This table details the total number of committals per institution for persons aged 15 to 18 years inclusive for the years 2004, 2005, 2006 and to date in 2007.
| Institution | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
| Castlerea | 19 | 19 | 21 | 19 |
| Cloverhill | 258 | 238 | 244 | 137 |
| Cork | 67 | 76 | 62 | 48 |
| Dóchas | 62 | 45 | 54 | 33 |
| Limerick | 45 | 61 | 68 | 58 |
| Mountjoy | 19 | 12 | 10 | 4 |
| St. Patrick's | 505 | 454 | 511 | 435 |
| Total* | 975 | 905 | 970 | 734 |
| * It should be noted by the Deputy that the 975 committals in 2004 accounted for 708 individuals. The figure of 905 in 2005 accounted for 658 individuals. The 970 committals in 2006 accounted for 643 individuals while the 734 committals to date in 2007 account for 531 individuals. |
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