Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 134: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality Law Reform the number of prisoners that have absconded while on special day or other release in the past five years and to date in 2010; if crimes were committed while on such release; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13364/10]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The information sought by the Deputy is not readily available and could only be compiled by the use of a disproportionate and inordinate amount of staff time and effort. This could not be justified where there are other significant demands on resources within the Irish Prison Service. Statistics in relation to convictions by the Courts, which are the only definitive indicator of crimes committed by particular individuals, are a matter for the Courts Service, which under the Courts Service Act 1998 is independent in the performance of its functions.