HC Deb 03 April 1995 vol 257 c925W
Mr. Madden

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many Irish nationals are serving custodial sentences in Her Majesty's prisons in Northern Ireland; and what obstacles are preventing them from being transferred to prisons in the Irish Republic. [17661]

Sir John Wheeler

This information is not readily available as statistics are not kept on Irish nationals. The information could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.