Written answers

Wednesday, 29 January 2014

Department of Justice and Equality

Prison Committals

Photo of Thomas PringleThomas Pringle (Donegal South West, Independent)
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147. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a list of the detention institutions in the Irish Prison Service annual reports of 2011 and 2012 regarding committals in respect of immigration issues; the number of persons detained in each institution; if he will provide a breakdown of the gender and age of persons held under immigration related issues. [4517/14]

Photo of Alan ShatterAlan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I can advise the Deputy that there was 395 and 385 persons committed to custody for immigration related issues in 2011 and 2012 respectively.

The number of persons detained in each institution is set out in a table.

Committal Prison20112012
Castlerea Prison37
Cloverhill Remand Prison256252
Cork Prison3022
Limerick Prison (Female)57
Limerick Prison (Male)44
Mountjoy Prison (Female)9687
Wheatfield Place of Detention16
Total395385
A breakdown of the gender and age of persons held under immigration related issues is set out in a table.
Age20112011-20122012-
Age GroupFemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotal
18 to < 214182262430
21 to < 25145266103242
25 to < 3031731041888106
30 to < 40331001333298130
40 to < 50114253193857
50 to < 552574812
55 to < 60527224
60 to < 65112314
65 to < 70011000
Total10129439594291385

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