Joanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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Question 374: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25649/11]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I am informed by the Irish Prison Service that the person referred to by the Deputy has been in custody in the Dóchas Centre, Women's Prison, Mountjoy since 13th September 2011 for being held in Contempt of Court.

The Deputy will appreciate that in such cases the ongoing detention of the person is a matter for the Courts. Consequently it is not open to me to intervene in this matter.