Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 18 September 2013
1124. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fines-related only prison sentences of six months or less over the past 12 months; and if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of these sentences by the number of months served. [38660/13]
Amharc ar fhreagraI can advise the Deputy that the information requested is not readily available. I will forward the reply to the Deputy as soon as the information is to hand.
However, in 2012 there were a total of 8,304 committals to prison for non-payment of a Court ordered fine. Based on a statistical sample, the Irish Prison Service has determined that the vast majority of these committals spent less than 2 days in custody and on average spent 1 day or part of a day in custody.
