Paul Gogarty (Dublin Mid West, Green Party)
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Question 377: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a person (details supplied) is receiving the proper medication for a condition during periods of transfer between prisons. [15155/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The Irish Prison Service is committed to providing general health care for the assessment, treatment and care of prisoners comparable to that which is available in the community and appropriate to a prison setting.

The person referred to by the Deputy is currently on remand in Cloverhill and is on methadone maintenance. He has made a number of court appearances since his initial committal on 20 December 2008. He was remanded by the courts to Castlerea prison and steps were taken to transfer him to Cloverhill where his methadone treatment was continued.

I am advised that all decisions regarding the medical treatment afforded to this person, while in custody in Castlerea, were taken by the prison doctor.