Prison Service

797. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of applications he has received in respect of membership of prison visiting committees for 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38978/26]

807. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of inmates in prisons or places of detention in Ireland that are required to sleep on camp beds, not including those on permanent single beds or mattresses, broken down by prison, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39323/26]

808. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Irish Prison Service staff suspended from active duties pending or under investigation, broken down by prison, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39324/26]

830. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the position regarding a review carried out into the Irish prison system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39972/26]

831. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the position regarding the annual report into the Irish Prison Service for 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39973/26]

832. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason for the delay in publishing the annual report into the Irish Prison Service for 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39974/26]

833. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the timeline for publication for the Annual Report into the Irish Prison Service for 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39975/26]

834. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the average annual cost of housing an inmate in an Irish prison for 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39976/26]

835. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the average annual cost of housing an inmate in an Irish prison for 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39977/26]

836. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the average annual cost of housing an inmate in an Irish prison for 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39978/26]

837. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the average annual cost of housing an inmate in an Irish prison for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39979/26]

838. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the average annual cost of housing an inmate in an Irish prison for 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39980/26]

839. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the average cost of housing an inmate in an Irish prison, broken down by category including the costs related to food, transport, staffing, education, utilities, accommodation and any other significant costing. [39981/26]

840. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the position regarding any initiative that seeks to target recidivism within the prison system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39986/26]

841. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the position regarding any initiative that seeks to target recidivism for former prisoners at a community level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39987/26]

842. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the position regarding any analysis carried out into rates of recidivism for former prisoners of the Irish Prison System; the way in which this is categorised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39988/26]

843. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the net change in total prison population, broken down by prison in each of the years 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39989/26]

844. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the position regarding the prisoner to staff ratio within the Irish Prison Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39990/26]

845. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the position regarding the prisoner to staff ratio within the Irish Prison Service, broken down by prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39991/26]

846. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the position regarding the recidivism rate for Irish prisoners; if statistics are available into the level of reoffending within six months, one year, three years and five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39998/26]

847. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the position regarding any analysis into the recidivism rate for Irish prisoners; if there has been any marked change in the levels of reoffending within the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39999/26]

848. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the position regarding any analysis into the recidivism rate for Irish prisoners, specifically a comparative analysis into reoffending rates for those former prisoners that participate in rehabilitation programmes compared to those that do not; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40000/26]

849. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the position regarding how Ireland's imprisonment rate per 100,000 population compares to other EU countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40001/26]

850. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the position regarding the way in which Ireland's imprisonment rate per 100,000 population compares to the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40002/26]

851. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the position regarding any assessment carried out into the benefits of investing in rehabilitation programmes for prisoners in the Irish prison system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40003/26]