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Wednesday, 16 July 2014

Department of Justice and Equality

Prison Visiting Committees Appointments

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Photo of Niall CollinsNiall Collins (Limerick, Fianna Fail)
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214. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide all members of prison visiting committees; their dates of appointment and expiry of term of appointment; the vacancies on each committee; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31920/14]

Photo of Frances FitzgeraldFrances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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I can advise the Deputy that Visiting Committee members are appointed for a period of three years by the Minister for Justice and Equality under the Prisons (Visiting Committees) Act 1925 and Prisons (Visiting Committees) Order 1925. There are fourteen Visiting Committees in existence – one for each institution.

Each Visiting Committee comprises no more than six members, and only suitable people with appropriate qualifications and a genuine interest in prison issues are appointed.

The following table lists the current members of the Visiting Committees, their dates of appointment and expiry of term of appointment and the number of vacancies in each.

ARBOUR HILL
Appointment DateExpiry Date Member of Visiting Committee
23.01.201222.01.2015Rita Hayes
23.01.201222.01.2015Dr. Abdullah Bulbulia
23.01.201222.01.2015Wilhelmina Daly
28.03.201227.03.2015Paddy Murray
26.10.201225.10.2015Angela O'Connor
01.07.201330.06.2016Tommie Healy
--No Vacancies

CASTLEREA
Appointment DateExpiry Date Name
28.03.201227.03.2015Michael Nevin
22.10.201221.10.2015Eddie Brady
22.10.201221.10.2015 Martin Daly
01.07.201330.06.2016John Keavney
--Two Vacancies

CLOVER HILL PRISON
Appointment Date
Expiry Date
Name
12.03.201311.03.2016Margaret ( Peggy ) Downey
12.03.201311.03.2016Fintan Hudson
01.07.201330.06.2016David Ruddy
01.07.201330.06.2016Laura Jenkins
-Two Vacancies

CORK
Appointment DateExpiry Date Member of Visiting Committee
23.01.201222.01.2015Dermot O'Connell
23.01.201222.01.2015Mary Loughnane
22.10.201221.10.2015 Tomas Ryan
01.07.201330.06.2016 Robin Murray
14.10.201313.10.2016Anthony Donnelly
--One Vacancy

DÓCHAS
Appointment DateExpiry Date Member Visiting Committee
23.01.201222.01.2015Noel Cloak
23.01.201222.01.2015Bernie Donnelly
23.01.201222.01.2015Mary Elliott
22.10.201221.10.2015Ruth Gallagher
26.10.201225.10.2015Anne Delaney
--One Vacancy

LIMERICK
Appointment DateExpiry Date Member Visiting Committee
23.01.201222.01.2015Val Rooney
15.02.201214.02.2015Mary Prendergast
20.02.201219.02.2015John Higgins
28.03.201227.03.2015Patricia McCarthy
26.10.201225.10.2015James Houlihan
01.07.201330.06.2016Pat Conway
--No Vacancies

LOUGHAN HOUSE
Appointment DateExpiry Date Member of Visiting Committee
23.01.201222.01.2015Kathleen Richey
23.01.201222.01.2015Andrew Cullen.
23.01.201222.01.2015Patrick Boyle
03.12.201202.12.2015Peter Cutliffe
--Two Vacancies

MIDLANDS
Appointment DateExpiry Date Member of Visiting Committee
08.10.201207.10.2015Colette Fennelly
10.10.201309.10.2016Margaret O'Dwyer
10.10.201309.10.2016Ted Laffey
--Three Vacancies

MOUNTJOY
Appointment DateExpiry Date Member of Visiting Committee
23.01.201322.01.2015Joe Aherne
01.07.201330.06.2016Phelim McGee
--Four Vacancies

PORTLAOISE
Appointment DateExpiry Date Member of Visiting Committee
26.10.201225.10.2015Brian O'Neill
03.12.201302.12.2015Margaret Guijt-Lawlor
01.07.201330.06.2016Michael Hough
--Three Vacancies

SHELTON ABBEY
Appointment DateExpiry Date Member of Visiting Committee
23.01.201222.01.2015Gerry Delaney
15.02.201214.02.2015Thomas Gregan
15.02.201214.02.2015Margaret Short
21.02.201220.02.2015Richard Codd
25.11.201324.11.2016Marie O'Rourke
-One Vacancy

ST. PATRICK'S INSTITUTION
Appointment DateExpiry Date Member of Visiting Committee
23.01.201222.01.2015Denis Murphy
23.01.201222.01.2015John ( Seán) Lyons
23.01.201222.01.2015Emma Muldowney
15.02.201214.02.2015Niall Counihan
--Two Vacancies

TRAINING UNIT
Appointment DateExpiry Date Member of Visiting Committee
23.01.201222.01.2015Sadie Jordan
23.01.201222.01.2015Fintan Kelly
23.01.201222.01.2015Deirdre Kenneally
23.01.201222.01.2015Patrick Noel Turley
14.01.201313.01.2016 Patrick Holton
01.07.201330.06.2016Anne Confrey
--No Vacancies

WHEATFIELD
Appointment DateExpiry Date Member of Visiting Committee
23.01.201222.01.2015Stewart Stephens
28.03.201327.03.2015Kathleen Gill
26.10.201225.10.2015Brenda Coyne
03.12.201202.12.2015Anne Carter
03.06.201402.06.2017Joe Fitzsimons
--One Vacancy

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