Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal North East, Sinn Fein)
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95. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons imprisoned for sentences of less than six months in each of the years 2011 to 2015 to date. [43111/15]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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I am informed by the Irish Prison Service that the number of persons imprisoned for sentences less than six months for each years 2011 to 2014 is set out in the table; figures for 2015 are not yet available.

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal North East, Sinn Fein)
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96. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of imprisoning one person in a prison for one month, and for one year. [43112/15]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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I am advised that the average annual cost of an available staffed prison space is calculated for inclusion in the Annual Report of the Irish Prison Service. For 2014, the latest year for which a figure is available, the cost was €68,959 which equates to an average monthly cost of €5,747 per available staffed prison space.