Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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274. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 102 of 21 February 2019, when a reply will be issued. [16625/19]

Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael)
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A reply to the Deputy's Parliamentary Question No. 102 of 21 February 2019 issued on 8 April. The substance of the reply is repeated below for the sake of clarity. In my original response I had indicated that the information requested was not recorded centrally and that I had asked my officials in the Irish Prison Service to examine relevant information collated at Governor level, with a view to making further information available to the Deputy. 

The table below reflects the number of times Gardaí were called or requested to attend a prison for assaults and other offences which were considered a criminal matter. As there is currently no central register to record the requested information, it is not possible to quantify with absolute certainty the accuracy of these records.

Under Statutory Instrument no 11 of 2013 (amendment to the Prison Rules), prisons are obliged to collate the reporting of complaints of a criminal offence (Rule 57A) to the Gardaí and I am informed by the Director General of the Irish Prison Service that an instruction has been issued to all Governors reminding them of their obligations.