Written answers
Wednesday, 16 July 2014
Department of Justice and Equality
Prisoner Data
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal North East, Sinn Fein)
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206. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide in tabular form a breakdown of the number of convicted persons imprisoned for six months, for five months, for four months, for two months and for one month in 2013; and if she will further provide a breakdown of the categories of the crime these persons were imprisoned for and a gender breakdown of same. [31885/14]
Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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In 2013, 10,596 or 85% of all committals under sentence were for sentences of 6 months or less. This category also includes those committed (8,121) as a consequence of the non-payment of a court ordered fine.
A full breakdown of the number of convicted persons imprisoned for six months, for five months, for four months, for three months, for two months and for one month in 2013 is set out in the following table. In cases where a person is serving multiple sentences, they are categorised on the basis of their most serious offence.
| Group Name | 1 month | 1 to 2 months | 2 to 3 months | 3 to 4 months | 4 to 5 months | 5 to 6 months |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attempts/Threat to Murder, Assaults and Related Offences | 18 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| Dangerous or Negligent Acts | 114 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Robbery, Extortion and Hijacking Offences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Burglary and Related Offences | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Theft and Related Offences | 112 | 21 | 23 | 21 | 8 | 33 |
| Fraud, Deception and Related Offences | 20 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| Controlled Drug Offences | 43 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| Weapons and Explosives Offences | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Damage to Property and the Environment | 46 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Public Order and Social Code Offences | 112 | 22 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Road and Traffic Offences | 850 | 40 | 27 | 7 | 6 | 5 |
| Offences re Government, Justice Procedures and Organisation of Crime | 206 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Offences Not Elsewhere Classified | 289 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 1,816 | 109 | 95 | 55 | 19 | 60 |
| Group Name | 1 month | 1 to 2 months | 2 to 3 months | 3 to 4 months | 4 to 5 months | 5 to 6 months |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sexual Offences | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| Attempts/Threat to Murder, Assaults and Related Offences | 60 | 23 | 39 | 38 | 29 | 30 |
| Dangerous or Negligent Acts | 527 | 64 | 40 | 40 | 31 | 24 |
| Robbery, Extortion and Hijacking Offences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Burglary and Related Offences | 21 | 12 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 55 |
| Theft and Related Offences | 226 | 54 | 76 | 81 | 39 | 124 |
| Fraud, Deception and Related Offences | 214 | 24 | 41 | 13 | 3 | 19 |
| Controlled Drug Offences | 348 | 37 | 32 | 23 | 20 | 36 |
| Weapons and Explosives Offences | 36 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 27 |
| Damage to Property and the Environment | 108 | 20 | 38 | 29 | 10 | 36 |
| Public Order and Social Code Offences | 1,080 | 203 | 87 | 42 | 29 | 16 |
| Road and Traffic Offences | 2,323 | 163 | 138 | 79 | 76 | 36 |
| Offences re Government, Justice Procedures and Organisation of Crime | 694 | 29 | 31 | 18 | 8 | 24 |
| Offences Not Elsewhere Classified | 423 | 21 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 15 |
| Total | 6,061 | 658 | 581 | 416 | 274 | 452 |
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal North East, Sinn Fein)
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207. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of every person imprisoned in a jail here on a weekly, monthly and annual basis. [31886/14]
Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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The Irish Prison Service calculates the average cost of an available staffed prison space and this is available on the Irish Prison Service's website www.irishprisons.ie
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