Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 236: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number, in respect of each year since the coming into force of the Sex Offenders Act 2001, of convicted sex offenders who have been released subject to post release supervision orders and the number of such offenders currently subject to a post release supervision order being supervised by the Probation and Welfare Service. [2853/08]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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I can advise the Deputy that since the commencement of the Sex Offenders Act, 2001 on 27 September 2001, the number of convicted sex offenders who have been released subject to post-release supervision Orders, pursuant to Section 29 of the Act, is 133. The tabular statement below sets out the year-by-year breakdown.

I can further advise the Deputy that there are currently 83 sex offenders subject to post-release supervision orders being supervised by the Probation Service.