Clare Daly (Dublin North, United Left)
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341. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of workshop and work-training posts that are vacant in each prison; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45294/15]

Clare Daly (Dublin North, United Left)
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342. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners from 18 to 20 years of age taking part in workshops and work-training posts in each prison. [45295/15]

Clare Daly (Dublin North, United Left)
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343. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners from 21 to 25 years of age taking part in workshops and work-training posts in each prison. [45296/15]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 341 to 343, inclusive, together.

I am advised by the Irish Prison Service that the existing vacancies for workshop and work training posts in each prison are as set out in the following table.

Vacancies in the work training area are filled by the Irish Prison Service by internal competition as the need arises.

The manner in which records are collated does not allow the Irish Prison Service to differentiate between the ages of offenders who participate in work training activities without an examination of individual files. Such an examination would require a disproportionate and inordinate amount of staff time and effort that could not be justified where there are other significant demands on resources.