Prison Visiting Committees

412. Ms Cooper-Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the names of the members of all prison visiting committees; the county of residence of each; and the date of appointment of each. [27438/03]

Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform (Mr. McDowell): The following table sets out details of the individuals who are currently serving on the various prison visiting committees:-

COMMITTEE / MEMBER / COUNTY OF RESIDENCE / DATE OF APPOINTMENT
Arbour Hill Prison Visiting Committee / Donal O'Meara / Co. Kerry / 18 December, 1997 re-appointed on 18 December, 2000
John Sheehy / Co. Clare / 21 December, 1998 re-appointed on 20 December, 2001
Tom Fleming / Co. Kerry / 21 December, 1998 re-appointed on 20 December, 2001
Willie Foley / Co. Limerick / 21 December, 1998 re-appointed on 20 December, 2001
Geoff Levis / Co. Cork / 21 December, 1998 re-appointed on 20 December, 2001
John Murphy / Co. Cork / 20 September, 2002
Eithne Killeen / Co. Dublin / 20 September, 1999 re-appointed on 20 September, 2002
Seamus Quinn / Co. Galway / 1 October, 2002
Rita Hayes / Co. Dublin / 1 October, 2002
Jim Hanrahan / Co. Dublin / 17 February, 2003
Ita Green / Co. Dublin / 17 February, 2003
Castlerea Prison Visiting Committee / Nuala Carroll / Co. Dublin / 7 February, 2000 re-appointed on 17 February, 2003
Susan Meagher / Co. Tipperary / 7 February, 2000 re-appointed on 17 February, 2003
Christy Gorman / Co. Meath / 7 February, 1997 re-appointed on 7 February, 2000 re-appointed on 17 February, 2003
Michael Nevin / Co. Longford / 7 February, 2000 re-appointed on 17 February, 2003
Paul Hogan / Co. Galway / 17 February, 2003
Eddie Brady / Co. Cavan / 26 March, 2003
Billy Burgoyne / Co. Galway / 9 April, 2002
Mary Devine O'Callaghan / Co. Roscommon / 20 September, 1999 re-appointed on 20 September, 2002
Cloverhill Prison Visiting Committee / Cait Ní Fhaoláin / Co. Waterford / 7 December, 2000
Eugene Murphy / Co. Roscommon / 7 December, 2000
Peggy Downey / Co. Meath / 7 December, 2000
Martin O'Toole / Co. Mayo / 7 December, 2000
Ned Harty / Co. Cork / 7 December, 2000
Joe Carroll / Co. Cork / 7 December, 2000
Francis Brennan / Co. Donegal / 7 December, 2000
Fintan Hudson / Co. Wicklow / 7 December, 2000
Marie Cleary / Co. Donegal / 7 December, 2000
Eddie Martin / Co. Wicklow / 7 December, 2000
Michael Coyle / Co. Louth / 7 December, 2000
Edward Moriarty / Co. Kerry / 7 December, 2000
Cork Prison Visiting Committee / Danny Harkin / Co. Donegal / 18 December, 1997 re-appointed on 18 December, 2000
Peter Cassidy / Co. Dublin / 18 December, 1997 re-appointed on 18 December, 2000
John O'Neill / Co. Kildare / 18 December, 1997 re-appointed on 18 December, 2000
Bosco O'Farrell / Co. Meath / 9 March, 1999 re-appointed on 8 March, 2002
Sadie Jordan / Co. Dublin / 20 September, 1999 re-appointed on 20 September, 2002
Colette Carter / Co. Dublin / 20 September, 1999 re-appointed on 20 September, 2002
Jack Roche / Co. Cork / 20 September, 1999 re-appointed on 20 September, 2002
Eddie Creighton / Co. Limerick / 1 October, 2002
Anne Butler / Co. Waterford / 1 October, 2002
Ray O'Mahony / Co. Cork / 1 October, 2002
Terry Kelly / Co. Cork / 17 February, 2003
Donal O'Shea / Co. Cork / 16 October, 1999 re-appointed on 16 October, 2002
Curragh Place of Detention Visiting Committee / Gerry McMahon / Co. Limerick / 7 February, 2000 re-appointed on 17 February, 2003
Paddy Cullotty / Co. Dublin / 7 February, 2000 re-appointed on 17 February, 2003
Evelyn Varley / Co. Galway / 7 February, 2000 re-appointed on 17 February, 2003
Tommy Heraghty / Co. Leitrim / 9 November, 1998 re-appointed on 8 November, 2001
Maureen Hyland / Co. Kildare / 17 February, 2003
Michael Hanrahan / Co. Dublin / 17 February, 2003
Wilhelmena Daly / Co. Dublin / 17 February, 2003
Brian O'Reilly / Co. Kildare / 26 March, 2003
Fort Mitchel Place of Detention Visiting Committee / Margaret Coady / Co. Waterford / 17 February, 2003
Seamus O'Connell / Co. Waterford / 18 December, 1997, re-appointed on 18 December, 2000
Mary Green McGoldrick / Co. Clare / 18 December, 1997, re-appointed on 18 December, 2000
Tony Fox / Co. Dublin / 2 April, 2001 re-appointed on 4 April, 2001
Joseph Murphy / Co. Cork / 26 February, 1999 re-appointed on 25 February,2002
John Hodnett / Co. Cork / 20 September, 1999 re-appointed on 20 September, 2002
Angela O'Connor / Co. Dublin / 20 September, 1999 re-appointed on 20 September, 2002
Kevin O'Neill / Co. Cork / 20 September, 2002
Eamon Rafter / Co. Laois / 20 September, 1999 re-appointed on 20 September, 2002
Elizabeth Leahy / Co. Limerick / 1 October, 2002
Dan Collins / Co. Cork / 12 November, 1999 re-appointed on 12 November, 2002
Limerick Prison Visiting Committee / Michael Doherty / Co. Longford / 18 December, 1997 re-appointed on 18 December, 2000
Michael Fahy / Co. Galway / 12 August, 1999 re-appointed on 30 August, 2002
Ger Connolly / Co. Offaly / 20 September, 1999 re-appointed on 20 September, 2002
Collette Scanlon / Co. Kerry / 20 September, 1999 re-appointed on 20 September, 2002
Tom O'Keeffe / Co. Kildare / 20 September, 1999 re-appointed on 20 September, 2002
Ann O'Keeffe / Co. Limerick / 20 September, 1999 re-appointed on 20 September, 2002
Robert Mulcahy / Co. Limerick / 20 September, 1999 re-appointed on 20 September, 2002
Eileen O'Brien / Co. Cork / 2 October, 2002
Noirin Mitchell / Co. Limerick / 2 October, 2002
Teresa Lynch / Co. Cork / 15 October, 2002
Loughan House Visiting Committee / Willie McDermot / Co. Donegal / 7 December, 2000
Denis Brosnan / Co. Kerry / 1 August, 1998 re-appointed on 30 October, 2001
Eugene Delaney / Co. Mayo / 21 December, 1998 re-appointed on 20 December, 2001
Rita Delahunty / Co. Dublin / 21 December, 1998 re-appointed on 20 December, 2001
Eddie Feeley / Co. Cavan / 20 September, 1999 re-appointed on 31 October, 2002
Clifford Kelly / Co. Cavan / 20 September, 1999 re-appointed on 31 October, 2002
Kathleen Richie / Co. Cavan / 20 September, 1999 re-appointed on 31 October, 2002
Niall McCole / Co. Donegal / 20 September, 1999 re-appointed on 31 October, 2002
Alice Bonner / Co. Donegal / 20 September, 1999 re-appointed on 31 October, 2002
Brendan Hughes / Co. Monaghan / 12 August, 1999 re-appointed on 31 October, 2002
Martin Doonan / Co. Sligo / 31 October, 2002
Mary Kathleen Johnston / Co. Sligo / 12 November, 1999 re-appointed on 12 November, 2002
Midlands Prison Visiting Committee / Breandán MacGearailt / Co. Kerry / 9 April, 2001
John Cronin / Co. Kerry / 9 April, 2001
Colm Wylie / Co. Clare / 9 April, 2001
Charlie O'Connor / Co. Dublin / 9 April, 2001
Teresa Mulhare / Co. Laois / 9 April, 2001
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor / Co. Carlow / 9 April, 2001
Paddy Boland / Co. Offaly / 9 April, 2001
Danny Bell / Co. Dublin / 9 April, 2001
Nuala Halpin / Co. Dublin / 9 April, 2001
Eileen Morris / Co. Galway / 9 April, 2001
Brigid Teefy / Co. Limerick / 19 April, 2001
Mountjoy Prison Visiting Committee / Bernie Nolan / Co. Dublin / 2 April 1998 re-appointed on 4 April, 2001
Paddi Connellan / Co. Longford / 2 April 1998 re-appointed on 4 April, 2001
P.J. Morley / Co. Mayo / 30 April, 2001
John O'Leary / Co. Kerry / 9 November, 1998 re-appointed on 8 November, 2001
Stephen Langton / Co. Kildare / 21 December, 1998 re-appointed on 20 December, 2001
Michael Donegan / Co. Cork / 21 December, 1998 re-appointed on 20 December, 2001
Basil McGill / Co. Galway / 20 December, 1998 re-appointed on 20 December, 2001
Bridie Fitzgerald / Co. Kerry / 31 May, 2002
Desmond Gibney / Co. Dublin / 2 October, 2002
Betty Minihane / Co. Dublin / 2 October, 2002
Carmel Bolger / Co. Kildare / 12 November, 1999 re-appointed on 12 November, 2002
Portlaoise Visiting Committee / Paddy Connolly / Co. Cork / 18 December, 1997 re-appointed on 18 December, 2000
Eileen Curran / Co. Kerry / 18 December, 1997 re-appointed on 18 December, 2000
Tom Twomey / Co. Dublin / 19 February, 2001
Jim Lanigan / Co. Meath / 16 October, 1999 re-appointed on 31 May, 2002
Catherine Quinn / Co. Dublin / 30 August, 1999 re-appointed on 30 August, 2002
Mary Wheatley / Co. Carlow / 20 September, 1999 re-appointed on 20 September, 2002
Shelton Abbey Place of Detention Visiting Committee / Kevin Fitzgerald / Co. Wicklow / 12 August, 1999 re-appointed on 13 August, 2002
Pat Doran / Co. Wicklow / 12 August, 1999 re-appointed on 13 August, 2002
Oonagh Doyle / Co. Wicklow / 12 August, 1999 re-appointed on 13 August, 2002
Pat Fitzgerald / Co.Wicklow / 12 August, 1999 re-appointed on 13 August, 2002
Colette Douglas / Co. Dublin / 9 September, 2002
Hugh O'Keeffe / Co. Wicklow / 20 September, 1999 re-appointed on 31 October, 2002
P.J. Sheridan / Co. Kildare / 20 September, 1999 re-appointed on 31 October, 2002
John Byrne / Co. Wicklow / 31 October, 2002
John Murphy / Co. Wexford / 17 February, 2003
Kathleen Maher / Co. Tipperary / 20 September, 1999 re-appointed on 31 October, 2002
St Patrick's Institution Visiting Committee / Colm O'Donnell / Co. Roscommon / 18 December, 1997 re-appointed on 18 December, 2000
Victor Fisher / Co. Donegal / 13 June, 2001
Mary O'Regan / Co. Kerry / 9 September, 1998 re-appointed on 10 September, 2001
Hugh Conaghan / Co. Donegal / 11 October, 2001
James Ladden / Co. Kerry / 21 December, 1998 re-appointed on 20 December, 2001
Patrick O'Sullivan / Co. Kerry / 5 June, 2002
Hugh Lynn / Co. Roscommon / 20 September, 1999 re-appointed on 20 September, 2002
Noel Cloak / Co. Leitrim / 20 September, 1999 re-appointed on 20 September, 2002
Mary Murphy / Co. Galway / 20 September, 1999 re-appointed on 20 September, 2002
Michael Burns / Co. Cork / 20 September, 2002
Training Unit Place of Detention Visiting Committee / Denis Falvey / Co. Kerry / 21 December, 1998 re-appointed on 20 December, 2001
Aiden Mullally / Co. Kerry / 21 December, 1998 re-appointed on 20 December, 2001
Matt Ryan / Co. Tipperary / 21 December, 1998 re-appointed on 20 December, 2001
Tras Honan / Co. Waterford / 12 August, 1996 re-appointed on 20 September, 1999 re-appointed on 20 September, 2002
Kathleen Diamond / Co. Sligo / 12 August, 1996 re-appointed on 20 September, 1999 re-appointed on 31 October, 2002
Noel Coade / Co. Wicklow / 20 September, 1999 re-appointed on 31 October, 2002
Deirdre Kenneally / Co. Cork / 20 September, 1999 re-appointed on 31 October, 2002
Geraldine Foster / Co. Dublin / 31 October, 2002
Mary Kelly / Co. Dublin / 31 October, 2002
Patsy Geraghty / Co. Galway / 12 November, 2002
Wheatfield Prison Visiting Committee / Pat Driscoll / Co. Kerry / 9 November, 1998 re-appointed on 8 November, 2001
Michael O'Shea / Co. Kerry / 9 November, 1998 re-appointed on 8 November, 2001
Mary Hoade / Co. Galway / 9 November, 1998 re-appointed on 9 November, 2001
Jody Gunning / Co. Offaly / 9 November, 1998 re-appointed on 8 November, 2001
Phil Sherdian / Co. Meath / 21 December, 1998 re-appointed on 20 December, 2001
Kieran Molloy / Co. Westmeath / 21 December, 1998 re-appointed on 20 December, 2001
Walter Lacey / Co. Carlow / 21 December, 1998 re-appointed on 20 December, 2001
Martin Miley / Co. Kildare / 21 December, 1998 re-appointed on 20 December, 2001
Kathleen Hickey / Co. Kerry / 21 December, 1998 re-appointed on 20 December, 2001
Rena Donaghey / Co. Donegal / 26 February, 1999 re-appointed on 25 February, 2002