167 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prisoners currently in prison who have at any stage made an application for their release under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement; and the status of their applications. [16894/08]

There are no persons remaining in custody who have been deemed to be qualifying prisoners under Section 3 (2) of the Criminal Justice (Release of Prisoners) Act, 1998. Other than the prisoners referred to by the Deputy, there are 4 prisoners who remain in custody who have applied and who are deemed as not being qualifying prisoners under Section 3 (2) of the Criminal Justice (Release of Prisoners) Act, 1998. There is also one prisoner in custody who applied during a previous sentence and was deemed not to qualify.