Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 348: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if arrangements have now been made for fines imposed by the courts as a penalty in criminal proceedings to be reduced to zero upon the lodgement or delivery to Mountjoy Prison of persons who have failed to pay a fine; when these new arrangements were put in place and the instructions issued by him or on his behalf in this regard; if he will confirm these arrangements have been made to ensure the immediate release of fine defaulters and to avoid them being statistically included within the numbers of those granted temporary release and to detail the number of fine defaulters so dealt with to date [37391/10]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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It has not been possible to provide the Deputy with all of the information required by him in the time allocated. I will revert to the Deputy when the relevant material for the reply has been compiled.