Arthur Spring (Kerry North-West Limerick, Labour)
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To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a list of all public consultations his Department has carried out since the start of 2012. [50755/12]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I can inform the Deputy that since the start of 2012 my Department carried out public consultations concerning the following matters:

- European Commission's Proposal for a new Data Protection Regulation

- General Scheme of the Criminal Justice Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Amendment Bill 2012

- General Scheme of the Criminal Justice (Corruption) Bill 2012

- Mental Health issues and the Criminal Justice System (1)

- New Cork Prison Development (2)

(1) An Interdepartmental Group has been established to examine issues relating to people with mental illness or a mental disorder interacting with the criminal justice system and its agencies. Submissions were invited from the public.

(2) The Irish Prison Service is currently engaged in a public consultation process regarding the proposed New Cork Prison Development, Rathmore Road, Cork.