Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 517: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos 37 and 132 of 20 June 2012, if he will set out the information as requested; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32280/12]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The position is as set out in my answer to Parliamentary Question Nos 37 and 132 of 20 June 2012. There are no plans to give automatic preference to first time offenders nor to carry out any evaluation or review of the issue.