2033. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of prisoners currently receiving treatment for a mental health condition; and what those conditions are. [42283/25]
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2034. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of prisoners who were transferred from prison to the National Forensic Mental Health Service Hospital or other psychiatric facilities in the past five years; and the average waiting time for such a transfer. [42284/25]
2035. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will provide details on any protocols or procedures in place for the assessment and treatment of mental illness at the point of prison committal. [42286/25]
2075. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of prisoners currently in Mountjoy Prison; the number of those in Mountjoy Prison from 2019 to 2024, in tabular form; if the current number of inmates constitutes overcrowding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42876/25]
2076. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current condition of visiting areas for those who visit Mountjoy prison; the last time said visitor areas were upgraded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42877/25]
2077. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if an ombudsman will be appointed to observe the current state of prisons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42878/25]
2099. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the status of plans to place the Irish Prison Service on a statutory footing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43330/25]
2101. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of prisoners transferred to the Central Mental Hospital from each prison in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 to date, in tabular form; the average wait time for transfer each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43332/25]
2102. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of category ‘A’ complaints made by prisoners in 2023, 2024 and 2025 to date that were withdrawn, outside scope, upheld, part upheld, not upheld, unable to determine or incomplete, respectively, in tabular form; the length of time it took to complete and communicate the outcomes of complaints to prisoners; and if he will mak…
2103. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of sentenced prisoners who applied via Resettlement Service for social housing in advance of release and who presented for emergency homeless service provision on day of release, in 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43334/25]
2129. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the criteria used to determine suitability of a site for a new prison building. [44182/25]
2131. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he has contacted the LDA, or any other agency, to discuss potential greenfield sites for a new prison in Cork. [44184/25]
2132. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to outline the engagement he held with the community in the Glen regarding the proposed second prison. [44185/25]
2133. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to outline the engagement he had with local Gardaí in the Glen regarding the proposed second prison. [44186/25]
2134. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to publish the report into the Old Cork Prison site immediately. [44187/25]
2135. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if the IPS support the new prison in the Glen, in Cork. [44188/25]
2136. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on the proposed prison to be built in the Glen. [44189/25]
184. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of prisoners that have been unlawfully at large from prison in each of the past ten years. [39839/25]
693. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if anti-drone technology is being considered for prisons; if this would be more cost effective than netting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38981/25]
737. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the percentage of female prisoners in the Dóchas prison who were pregnant on committal between 2021 and 2024, including the 22 pregnant women recorded in 2024 and the 12 to date in 2025; and if he will outline any measures being taken to divert pregnant women charged with non-violent offences from custodial settings. [39462/25]
738. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if she will state clearly whether women with children are currently being held in the general female prison population alongside other prisoners; and if so, how this aligns with the rights of the child under the UN convention on the rights of the child. [39463/25]
740. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the percentage of pregnant women in custody who are on remand; the number of these cases that involve non-violent offences; and whether he will consider issuing revised guidelines to reduce the use of custodial remand for pregnant women, particularly in cases involving minor or survival-related offences. [39465/25]
741. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to confirm the number of babies born to women in custody between 2021 and 2024; and to provide details on the supports available to pregnant women and mothers in custody, including whether all births took place in hospital settings. [39466/25]
742. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the specific measures being taken to address the health and safety of pregnant women in custody, in light of persistent overcrowding in the Dóchas Centre, operating above its 105-bed capacity and Limerick Prison's female wing, which has been reported as running at over 150% of its stated capacity; and whether pregnant women are current…
758. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is aware of a serious incident that occurred in Cloverhill Prison on the 6 April 2013 where a prison officer suffered a serious injury necessitating substantial spinal surgery (details supplied), if the Minster can confirm that this incident was recorded as an ‘OID’ in records of prison service; and if he will make a stateme…