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Inspector of Prisons

4 questions from 4 TDs, between 15 May 2025 and 13 January 2026.

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questions
4 written, 0 oral
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TDs have asked
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parties and groups
Independents counted together
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departments asked

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Who asks, by party

The party each TD belonged to on the day, in alphabetical order. Parties differ a lot in size, and members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them, so this shows who raised it, not how much a party cares about it.

  • Green Party1 from 1 TD · 1 seat today
  • Labour Party1 from 1 TD · 11 seats today
  • Sinn Féin2 from 2 TDs · 39 seats today

The TDs who asked most

Members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them. Each question counts once.

  1. Conor Sheehan
    1
  2. Pa Daly
    1
  3. Roderic O'Gorman
    1
  4. Thomas Gould
    1

Asked of

The questions

Conor Sheehan Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Justice
1656. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the position regarding the latest Inspector of Prisons report into Limerick Prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74599/25]
Thomas Gould Written 25 Nov 2025 · to Justice
615. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 702 of 12 November 2025, for an update on the publication of the inspection into Cork Prison. [65137/25]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 12 Nov 2025 · to Justice
702. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide a list of all reports from the office of inspector of prisons that he has received since 2020, listing the date received and the date published; the reason for publishing it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60996/25]
Pa Daly Written 15 May 2025 · to Justice
165. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice if he is aware of the Chief Inspector of Prisons Annual Report for 2023, specifically the poor staff-prison dynamics and overly punitive sanctions at the Dóchas Centre, leading to a substantial adverse effect on the day-to-day life of the women prisoners there; the steps he is taking to address this; to outline when the report of the investigation into the Dóchas Cen…