Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Question 653: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of prosecutions which have taken place for breaches of the fire safety regulations for hotels, bars and nightclubs over the past five years; the reason for the prosecutions; and if inspections of such premises have been undertaken by fire officers for the same period whilst fully occupied, that is, night time. [6335/06]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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Information supplied by fire authorities on prosecutions for offences under the Fire Services Act 1981 in the years 2000 to 2004 indicates that in respect of indictable offences, recommendations were made to the DPP for prosecution in seven instances, and in respect of summary offences, one prosecution was taken. Information on the reasons for prosecutions is not available in my Department. Fire authority inspectors are authorised under the Fire Services Act to carry out inspections of premises and they carry out about 9,000 inspections, including during performance inspections, annually.