Dáil Tuesday 15 February 1983

Ceisteanna — Questions. Oral Answers. - Prison Commitals.

Questions in this session

Prison commitments pending trial in 1981 2 speeches

The Minister reported 331 commitments awaiting trial and a further 2,775 commitments on remand in 1981; the figures appear in the published Annual Report on Prisons.

Tomás MacGiolla, Michael Noonan

Tomás MacGiolla Mr. Mac Giolla Workers Party

asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons committed to prisons or places of detention pending trials in courts in the State in 1981.

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Michael Noonan Mr. Noonan Fine Gael

(Limerick East): The number of persons committed to a prison or place of detention awaiting trial in 1981 was 331. In addition 2,775 persons were committed to a prison or place of detention on remand.

This and a considerable amount of other information is available in the Annual Report on Prisons for 1981, which has been published and copies of which are in the Library.

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