Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 559: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners with long term illnesses in each of the prisons. [34850/12]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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It is not possible to provide the requested figures to the Deputy as this would require the manual examination of records. Such an examination would require a disproportionate and inordinate amount of staff time and effort and could not be justified in current circumstances where there are other significant demands on resources.