Parliamentary questions

Prison Accommodation

Jonathan O'Brien

545 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to ensure that replacement of outdated accommodation must not be used to expand overall prison capacity.
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Inspector of Prisons

Jonathan O'Brien

546 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the new Inspector of Prisons will have the powers to compel witnesses to give evidence; the level of involvement the family of a deceased prisoner will have; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Prisoner Complaints Procedures

Jonathan O'Brien

547 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will establish an office of a prisoner’s ombudsman.
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Juvenile Offenders

Jonathan O'Brien

548 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the interim measures in place to improve the regime at St. Patrick’s Institution, Dublin, during the two year period while the new facility is being built at Oberstown, Lusk, County Dublin.
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Prison Committals

Jonathan O'Brien

549 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will ensure that the Irish Prison Service and the Probation Service bring forward a strategy for diverting women offenders away from prison as a matter of urgency; if he will give increased consideration to open facilities and residential therapeutic centres for women offenders.
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Penal Policy Review Group

Jonathan O'Brien

550 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the proposed Penal Policy Review Group.
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National Crime Strategy

Jonathan O'Brien

551 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the development of a national crime strategy.
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Prisoner Privacy

Jonathan O'Brien

552 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to a recent court case where prisoner correspondence was found to have been leaked to a national newspaper; the steps that have been taken to investigate breaches of prisoner privacy; the steps taken to ensure against future breaches such as this; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Irish Prison Service

Jonathan O'Brien

553 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners on protection in each prison; the number of these prisoners locked up for 23 hours or more and the prisons they are in for 22 to 23 hours, for 20 to 22 hours, for 18 to 20 hours in a normal day, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Irish Prison Service

Jonathan O'Brien

554 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the length of time prisoners are being held on 23 hour lock up regime; the longest period in which they may be held like this; if there are any limits on the period for which a prisoner can be held on 23 hour lock up; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Prison Accommodation

Jonathan O'Brien

555 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners still slopping out; the number of these prisoners in shared cells; the locations of these prisoners; and the number of prisoners who still have to use the toilet in the presence of other prisoners.
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Irish Prison Service

Jonathan O'Brien

556 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of children and adults who were held in special observation cells in 2011; the duration of time they were held in same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Prison Medical Service

Jonathan O'Brien

557 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the policies in place with regard to prescription drugs in each prison; the number of prisoners being prescribed benzodiazepines in each prison; the names of medicines not available to prisoner patients under the current model for delivery of medical service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Prison Medical Service

Jonathan O'Brien

558 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners on waiting lists for drug treatment services, counselling services, in each prison; the method by which the prison service ensure continuity of care for drug using prisoners.
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Prisoner Medical Records

Jonathan O'Brien

559 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners with long-term illnesses in each of the prisons.
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Prison Medical Service

Jonathan O'Brien

560 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if qualified medical staff are available in prisons at all times; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Prison Dental Service

Jonathan O'Brien

561 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality with regard to dental care, where a prisoner requires treatment beyond the cost limit set by the Health Service Executive, the options that are available to that patient.
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Prison Regulations

Jonathan O'Brien

562 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the policies in place to ensure that the needs of prisoners with special dietary requirements, such as diabetics, are met.
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Deaths in Prison

Jonathan O'Brien

563 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of deaths in prison custody that occurred in 2011; the number of deaths in prison custody in the first six months of 2012; and if he will provide a breakdown of the types of deaths in custody in each prison.
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Prison Committals

Jonathan O'Brien

564 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of women currently in prison custody; the number of those women on remand; and the number of those women serving a sentence of less than one year.
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