Prison Service

2108. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether the Department has assessed the effectiveness of delivering psychological and addiction services to prisoners serving short sentences; and whether alternative community-based or post-release treatment pathways are being developed. [25648/26]

2109. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration how current levels of overcrowding in Cork Prison impact the delivery of the Irish Prison Service rehabilitation strategy; and whether any elements of that strategy are currently not being delivered as intended [25650/26]

2110. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether additional capital investment, modular accommodation, or non-custodial sentencing reforms are under consideration to address overcrowding in Cork Prison; and the timelines associated with same [25651/26]

2117. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Prison Officers that left or retired from the Irish Prison Service in 2025. [25736/26]

346. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his proposals with regard to alleviating the current overcrowding within prisons; if his Department or the Irish Prison Service carried out a risk and impact assessment with regard to the current levels of overcrowding within prisons relevant to dangers it poses to inmates and dangers to prison officers and staff…

193. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the addiction services and therapeutic supports available to prisoners in each prison in the State; the number of therapists, psychologists and counsellors employed annually from 2020 to 2025; the number of hours of such services delivered in each prison during that period, in tabular form; and if he will make a stateme…

194. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the statistics for the number of individuals on the waitlist for psychology and addiction services in the Irish Prison Service, by each prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22612/26]

700. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if there is an application from an individual (details supplied) to transfer them to an Irish prison; and the current status of this application. [21893/26]

3. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will respond to reports that women prisoners are being held in degrading and overcrowded conditions in the Dóchas Centre; and whether the Government accepts that continuing to rely on incarceration without sufficient investment in alternatives to custody, risks simply warehousing vulnerable women in the prison s…

37. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will provide an update on plans within the Programme for Government to reintroduce the electronic tagging of prisoners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20723/26]

45. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on the plans for the second Cork prison in the Glen. [20918/26]

62. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to outline his Department’s policy in relation to the use of “electronic tagging” of prisoners, specifically with reference to the acute overcrowding of prisons we are facing; if the number of electronic tags in circulation could be provided for each of the years since the inception of tagging, in tabular form…

535. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to confirm the security resistance classification and glazing classification which apply for windows installed or to be installed under the National Cell Refurbishment Programme; if EN 14019 is deemed sufficient for high-security detention cells; and if he will make a sta…

1236. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether he has been briefed, in any capacity, on the operation or regulation of the exchange-of-duty system within the Irish Prison Service, including the review of that system referenced in organisational communications in November 2025. [18292/26]

1237. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his Department or the Irish Prison Service has conducted an internal audit, compliance assessment, or control review of exchange-of-duty practices involving unreciprocated exchanges or private financial arrangements between staff; and, if so, when such review commenced and whether its findings have been fin…

1292. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the position regarding the additional block extension at Midlands prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19017/26]

1293. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when the next recruitment campaign for prison officers will open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19018/26]

1347. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current process for appointing members to prison visiting committees following the 2023 review of prison visiting committees; whether a panel of applicants is maintained through an expression of interest process; if individuals who previously served on a committee but missed the most recent application deadl…

1362. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will provide the turnover and profits recorded by tuck shops in each State prison in each of the years 2023 to 2025 and to date in 2026; and if his attention, or that of prison officers/management, has been drawn to prisoner complaints that prices in prison tuck shops are unsuitable and or unattainably at …

432. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the level of overcrowding in Limerick prison that is, the capacity of the prison, the current number of prisoners held there either on remand or serving sentences, whether our prisons are in breach of international regulations or Government targets; the steps he will take to alleviate any overcrowding; and if h…

262. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to clarify the Government's plans to establish "approved centres" within the prison system; and the rationale for such a policy. [17343/26]

673. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to confirm that his Department have carried out a full review of the possible future use of the Old Cork Prison which is now vacant for a number of years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16972/26]

202. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of prison places per capita in the Mid-West for the years 2014, 2019, 2024 and 2026 in a tabular a tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15426/26]

762. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide the most recent statistics on the number and rate of self-harm episodes recorded in Irish prisons, broken down by gender and prison estate. [14566/26]

763. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the rate of self-harm among female prisoners compared to male prisoners in the most recent Irish Prison Service self-harm assessment data. [14567/26]