Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 130: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if compassionate release for first communion celebration of a child will be offered in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24788/12]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I am informed by the Irish Prison Service that the person referred to applied for temporary release to attend his niece's first communion in March 2012. The application was refused at that time and no new application has been submitted for consideration. I have also been advised that the person referred to has a current remission date in July 2014 and is serving a sentence for a serious drug offence. There are no plans to consider temporary release at this time.