asked the Minister for Justice the number of men who are serving sentences in Mountjoy and Cork prisons owing to family law related matters; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

(Limerick East): I am assuming that the Deputy is referring to men who have been committed to prison because they contravened a court order relating to the protection of spouses or the family home, to access to children or to the payment of maintenance. There are two men in custody in both Cork and Mountjoy prisons at present for this kind of behaviour.