Prison Service
An official questions-paper heading. 476 questions (5 oral, 471 written), first 2025-01-22, latest 2026-07-16.
Questions under this heading, per month
Jan 2025Jul 2026
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| Month | Questions |
|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | 9 |
| Feb 2025 | 27 |
| Mar 2025 | 14 |
| Apr 2025 | 23 |
| May 2025 | 23 |
| Jun 2025 | 25 |
| Jul 2025 | 51 |
| Sep 2025 | 46 |
| Oct 2025 | 25 |
| Nov 2025 | 31 |
| Dec 2025 | 24 |
| Jan 2026 | 37 |
| Feb 2026 | 19 |
| Mar 2026 | 18 |
| Apr 2026 | 16 |
| May 2026 | 65 |
| Jun 2026 | 11 |
| Jul 2026 | 12 |
Addressed to
| Department | Questions |
|---|---|
| Justice | 467 |
| Health | 4 |
| Education | 1 |
| Children | 1 |
| Public Expenditure | 1 |
| Further and Higher Education | 1 |
| Defence | 1 |
Debates under the same heading
Dáil debate sections whose official heading is exactly these words.
| Date | Debate section |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-01 | Prison Service |
| 2026-05-07 | Prison Service |
| 2026-03-19 | Prison Service |
| 2025-10-09 | Prison Service |
| 2025-07-03 | Prison Service |
| 2025-05-15 | Prison Service |
The questions
Gary Gannon
written
2026-01-22 · to Justice
443. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of women remanded to Mountjoy female prison with consent to bail from 2021 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5173/26]
Gary Gannon
written
2026-01-22 · to Justice
444. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of women remanded to Limerick female prison with consent to bail in 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5174/26]
Barry Ward
written
2026-01-22 · to Justice
453. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of prisoners currently detained in locations where there is in-cell sanitation but not any privacy guard between the toilet facility and the rest of the cell; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5154/26]
Barry Ward
written
2026-01-22 · to Justice
454. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of inmates in prisons or places of detention in Ireland that are currently required to sleep on the floor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5155/26]
Barry Ward
written
2026-01-22 · to Justice
455. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of inmates in prisons or places of detention in Ireland who are currently on restricted regimes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5156/26]
Barry Ward
written
2026-01-22 · to Justice
456. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration in relation to places of places of detention and prisons in Ireland, the position regarding the number of prisoners that are currently detained in their cells on a solitary basis for more than 22 hours per day; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5157/26]
Barry Ward
written
2026-01-22 · to Justice
458. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of disciplinary procedures initiated against prisoners, also known as P19s in 2024 and 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5159/26]
Barry Ward
written
2026-01-22 · to Justice
459. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the steps he plans to take in response to the issues raised in the Inspection of Prisons Report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5160/26]
Barry Ward
written
2026-01-22 · to Justice
460. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the position regarding the current prison population in Ireland, in comparison to the average daily population in 2023, 2024 and 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5161/26]
Barry Ward
written
2026-01-22 · to Justice
461. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the position regarding the average cost of keeping a person in prison custody in each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025; if an explanation for any discrepancy in these statistics will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5162/26]
Barry Ward
written
2026-01-22 · to Justice
462. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the prisons and detention services in Ireland, reflecting in each instance the capacity, the number of persons detained, the number of staff assigned, the minimum number of staff on duty at any given time, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5163/26]
Barry Ward
written
2026-01-22 · to Justice
463. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the annual cost of keeping a person in custody in each of the prisons and detention centres in the country, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5164/26]
Barry Ward
written
2026-01-22 · to Justice
464. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of prisoners in Ireland that are currently kept in cells without in-cell sanitation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5168/26]
Barry Ward
written
2026-01-22 · to Justice
465. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the position regarding the number of cells in operation today in both prisons and places of detention in Ireland that do not have in-cell sanitation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5169/26]
Paula Butterly
written
2026-01-20 · to Justice
751. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons currently in prison serving short sentences; the number of persons currently on remand in prison; the number of those persons on remand in prison who were already in prison serving a sentence for another offence; the length of time they have been in custody, broken down by 0–1 years, 1–2 yea…
Peadar Tóibín
written
2026-01-15 · to Justice
451. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on new prison scoping and the way in which his Department is addressing prison overcrowding. [2995/26]
David Cullinane
written
2026-01-15 · to Justice
453. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of people committed to prison from Waterford courts in each year 2020 to 2025, broken down by offence type, in tabular form. [3015/26]
David Cullinane
written
2026-01-15 · to Justice
454. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of people released from prison to rehabilitative services in Waterford in each year 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [3016/26]
Paul Lawless
written
2026-01-13 · to Justice
1642. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total number of prisoners given a custodial short-term sentence under 18 months; and for a breakdown of the number of prisoners serving sentences under 18 months in the format under 3, under 6, under 9, 12 and under 18 months for each of the past five years, in tabular form. [74307/25]
Conor Sheehan
written
2026-01-13 · to Justice
1654. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the measures he will take to reduce the number of people in prison on short term sentences of less than 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74551/25]
Barry Ward
written
2026-01-13 · to Justice
1725. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the steps he has taken to address Mountjoy Prison inmates' complaints about the unavailability of gluten-free food; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1302/26]
Barry Ward
written
2026-01-13 · to Justice
1726. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the steps he has taken to address Mountjoy Prison inmates' complaints about the food standards in the prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1303/26]
Barry Ward
written
2026-01-13 · to Justice
1727. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the steps he has taken to address insect infestations in Mountjoy Prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1304/26]
Barry Ward
written
2026-01-13 · to Justice
1728. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the steps he has taken to address issues raised in the annual report of the Mountjoy Prison Visiting Committee (MPVC) 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1305/26]
Barry Ward
written
2026-01-13 · to Justice
1729. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current prison population in each Irish Prison Service centre; the capacity of each, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1306/26]