Questions

938. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of complaints made by prisoners regarding alleged discrimination, in the years 2022 to 2024 and to date in 2025; the measures taken by the Irish Prison Service in 2024 and to date in 2025 to prevent discrimination within Irish prisons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49015/25]

939. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons who have been placed in prisons pending their deportation from the State since September 2024, by month and place of detention. [49016/25]

1451. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the one year post release re-offending rates for prisoners and those in custody, broken down by those aged under 18; aged 18-24; 25 to 34-34 to 50; 50 -64; 65 and over, by gender, in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44489/25]

1567. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the measures being taken to address the current overcrowding in Cork Prison, which is operating at 133% of its capacity with 98 prisoners without access to beds; and if he will confirm the contingency plans in place to ensure humane and safe treatment of all prisoners. [45531/25]

1568. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration in view of the fact the national prison system is accommodating almost 900 more inmates than its designed capacity, the Government’s strategic plan to resolve this overcrowding including whether it plans to expand existing facilities, construct new accommodation and increase the use of alternatives such as community sanctions. [45532/…

1569. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the statistics on the proportion of the prison population held on remand pending trial compared with convicted prisoners; and the reforms being considered to reduce remand numbers particularly for non-violent offences, through measures such as bail reform or expanded use of community-based alternatives. [45533/25]

1570. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his Department has implemented in whole or in part, the recommendations of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice in respect of a decarceration strategy, and if so, the impacts to date on occupancy levels and recidivism. [45534/25]

1571. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he has commissioned or received evidence regarding increased assaults or risks to prison officers as a result of overcrowding in Irish prisons; and the measures being taken to safeguard the health, welfare, and safety of prison staff under such conditions. [45535/25]

1572. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his Department is examining international best practice in prison design and management, such as the adoption of normalisation models and architectural reforms that have been linked with improved rehabilitation outcomes; and if he intends to pilot such approaches in the State. [45536/25]

1573. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his plans to balance the Government’s aim of penal reform and reduction of prison overcrowding with the need to protect the public, safeguard victims of crime, and maintain public confidence in the justice system. [45537/25]

1686. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the risk assessment process undertaken by the Irish Prison Service in advance of requiring prisoners to share cells with one another; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46959/25]

1687. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of prisoner-on-prisoner assaults that occurred in 2024 and to date in 2025, by prison and location of assault in each prison for example, cell, yard, landing, workshop and so on, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46960/25]

1688. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of recruit prison officers who completed training in communication and de-escalation skills in the years 2022 to date in 2025; the number of prison officers who completed training in communication and de-escalation skills as part of their continuous practice development in each of the years 2022 to date in 2025, in tabular …

1689. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of recruit prison officers who completed control and restraint training in the years 2022 to date in 2025; the number of prison officers who completed control and restraint training as part of their continuous practice development in each of the years 2022 to date in 2025, tabular form; and if he will make a statement on th…

1690. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration 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 and so on; the number of spontaneous physical interventions that is, incidents of spontaneous use of for…

1933. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total number of persons currently in prison in the State; and the number of prisoners currently serving time who previously served time for a separate offence in the past. [41129/25]

1943. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of deaths of prisoners in the State, in each of the past ten years. [41142/25]

1950. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of prisoners who escaped from prisons in the State in each of the past ten years and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41185/25]

1967. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 758 of 15 July 2025, if the Irish Prison Service is amenable to responding to Parliamentary Questions; if a reply will be provided to the question as requested; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41328/25]

1990. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the cause of death of all those who died in prison, on temporary release from prison and who were unlawfully at large from prison in the past ten years. [41688/25]

1991. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of those who have been released early from prison who were serving a sentence for a violent crime; and the nature of the crimes of those who have been released early over the past five years. [41689/25]

2008. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his views on the reported plans to move 200 prisoners to Mountjoy west in the very near future (details supplied) and the violation of basic human rights that this represents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41993/25]

2023. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the measures he will take to address overcrowding in prisons; if he intends to build Thornton Hall prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42204/25]

2024. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the details of the number of people in all prisons in the country, in tabular form. [42205/25]

2025. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the details of the capacity of all prisons in the country in tabular form. [42206/25]