Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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96. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 45 of 21 April 2016, if she will provide information outlining the length of each sentence, such information having been provided in similar Parliamentary Questions submitted previously; the reason this is being withheld now; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25037/16]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy will be aware, under the provisions of the Courts Service Act 1998, management of the courts is the responsibility of the Courts Service and I have no role in the matter. Section 4(3) of the 1998 Act provides that the Courts Service is independent in the performance of its functions, which includes the provision of information on the courts system.

However, in order to be of assistance, a table prepared by the Courts Service outlining the number of drug dealing convictions under mandatory minimum sentencing provisions for possession of drugs over a value of €12,500 as set out in Section 27 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 (as amended by the Criminal Justice Acts 1999, 2006, and 2007) during the years 2011 to 2015, and the resulting sentences for each conviction was forwarded to you on 15 September 2016 in response to your letter on this matter. The Courts Service has advised that the figures for 2016 will not be available until early 2017.