Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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Question 204: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of external reports and reviews commissioned by his Department in 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010; if he will name each report and review; if he will outline the spending on external reports and reviews in each of those years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42288/10]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the Deputy concerning external reports/reviews commissioned by my Department in 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010 is set out below:

Reports / reviews commissioned in 2008 Government Alcohol Advisory Group Report on the work of the Criminal Law Codification Advisory Committee A mapping of programmes working with perpetrators of domestic violence/abuse and an examination of models of best practice An examination of court system responses to domestic, sexual and gender-based violence/abuse and models of best practice Report of the Data Protection Review Group Review of Adult Probation Residential Facilities

Reports / reviews commissioned in 2009 An examination of data collection systems and procedures in relation to domestic, sexual and gender-based violence/abuse in Ireland Report on Prisoner Population Projections 2009-2024

Reports / reviews commissioned in 2010 Review by Public Appointments Service (PAS) of the Senior Management Structure at Oberstown Campus Review of Prescribing Practices at Midlands Prison Review of Primary Care at Midlands Prison Review of Primary Care at Cork Prison Review of Primary Care at Mountjoy Prison Review of the Mental Health Factors Relating to an Incident which resulted in the death of a prisoner at Cork Prison Review of Drug Treatment Services at Cork, Midlands and Mountjoy Prisons Report on the Facilitations Process, Midlands Prison Review of the Code of Discipline (Irish Prison Service) Audit of Lighthouse Programme Participants (Probation Service) Working Group on transparency in commercial rent reviews

Total spending on reports/reviews commissioned in 2008 was €112,000, in 2009 was €40,000 and details of the amount expected for all of 2010 will not be available until early next year.