Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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553. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when an application by a prisoner (details supplied) for transfer to Northern Ireland will be approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55344/13]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I have been informed by the Director General of the Irish Prison Service that the application is currently being considered by the Northern Irish Prison Service Authorities (NIPS). I am to inform the Deputy that this application cannot progress any further until such time as the decision of NIPS is received by my officials.