Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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82. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners currently on temporary release by prison in tabular form; the type of offence the prisoners were convicted of; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24266/16]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy is aware the Irish Prison Service collates and publishes the prisoner population breakdown, including those on temporary release, on a daily basis and this information is available on the Irish Prison Service website.

The information requested by the Deputy in relation to the type of offence which the person on temporary release was convicted of, is set out in the table below.

Table 1. Breakdown by Offence Group 20/07/16