Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal North East, Sinn Fein)
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344. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has received a report from the Committee for the Prevention of Torture following its visit here in September 2014; her plans regarding same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14102/15]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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I can confirm that the Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) recently submitted its report following its visit to Ireland in September, 2014. The Government now has a time-frame of six months to respond to the CPT on the findings contained in the report.

It is expected that the report and proposed responses to the findings will be brought to Government in the near future. As with the publication of previous reports, I will publish the report along with the responses to the findings once these have been approved by Government and conveyed to the CPT.