Parliamentary questions

Questions

TDs ask ministers questions to get answers on the record, most of them in writing. Here is every one asked in the 34th Dáil, by the department it went to and the subject heading it was filed under. How questions work

Browse the questions

Clear

Showing questions under the heading Prison Service.

484 questions match, newest first.

Cathal Crowe Written 18 Nov 2025 · to Justice
765. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the measures in place for prisoners post-release to reduce the risk of reoffending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63306/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 18 Nov 2025 · to Justice
766. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of prisoners who were imprisoned as reoffenders in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, by year, in tabular form. [63307/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 18 Nov 2025 · to Justice
767. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the average cost of imprisoning a prisoner per week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63308/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 18 Nov 2025 · to Justice
801. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the data his Department has on persons who have completed recidivism-reducing programs but have gone on to re-offend; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63667/25]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 18 Nov 2025 · to Justice
805. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the steps being taken to ensure an adequate complement of healthcare staff at Cork Prison following the recent Annual Report of the office of the Inspector of Prisons which stated there is a need to increase the GP hours on site; if there are plans to recruit additional nursing staff; if there are plans to strengthen psychology …
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 18 Nov 2025 · to Justice
806. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the way in which he plans to progress the recommendations of the annual report of the Office of the Inspector of Prisons particularly in relation to Cork prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63735/25]
Conor Sheehan Written 18 Nov 2025 · to Justice
829. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if there is a medical and special unit for mentally disordered challenging prisoners at Limerick Prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63819/25]
Conor Sheehan Written 18 Nov 2025 · to Justice
830. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of sanctioned psychologist posts, by prison including the number of vacant posts, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63820/25]
Conor Sheehan Written 18 Nov 2025 · to Justice
831. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of prisoners with serious mental illnesses held in the general population, who require psychiatric hospital care waiting for a bed, by prison, from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63821/25]
Conor Sheehan Written 13 Nov 2025 · to Justice
367. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of immigration detainees held at Cloverhill Prison between 2020 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62426/25]
Matt Carthy Written 13 Nov 2025 · to Justice
388. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 1688 of 8 September 2025, if the information requested regarding the number of planned physical interventions that is, incidents of planned use of force that took place in the years 2022 to date, by prison and location of the intervention in each prison for example, cell, yard, landing, workshop an…
Roderic O'Gorman Written 12 Nov 2025 · to Justice
703. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the actions which were taken by his Department between receiving the Death in Custody Investigation Report on 18 July 2025 for a person (details supplied) on 12 January 2023, and its publication by the department on 30 October 2025. [60997/25]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 12 Nov 2025 · to Justice
704. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the action he will take to implement the recommendations in the Death in Custody Investigation Report for a person (details supplied). [60998/25]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 12 Nov 2025 · to Justice
705. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his Department's plans to redevelop the Old Cork Prison site as a new prison; if the interests of the Land Development Agency in terms of the site have been set aside; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61002/25]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 12 Nov 2025 · to Justice
706. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the approach that will be taken to the redevelopment of the Old Cork Prison with regard to architectural heritage; in particular with regard to those parts of the site that are included in the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (viz. Cork Prison, Cork Prison: Prison Walls); and if he will make a statement on the matter. …
Colm Burke Written 12 Nov 2025 · to Justice
781. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the status of the report on the old Cork Prison that was expected for publication in November 2024; the reason for the delay in its publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61842/25]
Keira Keogh Written 6 Nov 2025 · to Justice
298. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the protocols in place to support neurodiverse prisoners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60746/25]
Keira Keogh Written 6 Nov 2025 · to Justice
299. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if the Irish Prison Service collects or has data on the neurodiverse prisoner population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60747/25]
Joe Cooney Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Justice
1360. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if a new recruitment campaign to recruit prison officers will be launched before the end of 2025. [59921/25]
Ruth Coppinger Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Justice
1392. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his views on the conditions in a prison (details supplied) [60990/25]
Matt Carthy Written 22 Oct 2025 · to Justice
105. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the prisons that permit conjugal visits; the number of these which took place in each of these prisons in the past three years and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57449/25]
Brian Stanley Written 21 Oct 2025 · to Justice
562. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department, and the Prison Service, will consider extending the mandatory retirement age for prison officers beyond the current 62 years. [56612/25]
Mattie McGrath Written 21 Oct 2025 · to Justice
588. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason the 1 percent pay increase has not been paid to prison staff that was due on 1 September 2025; if staff working in the Irish Prison Service headquarters in Longford have received the 1 percent increase; when all prison staff will receive the pay increase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56848/25]
Emer Currie Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Justice
687. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the work his Department is undertaking to reduce overcrowding in prisons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54796/25]
Matt Carthy Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Justice
704. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the WTE staffing of the Irish Prison Service; the allocation and expenditure related to such, in the years 2020 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54945/25]