Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 22 January 2026
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]
View answer444. 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]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 443 and 444 together.
The Irish Prison Service has advised my Department that the information requested on the number of women remanded to Mountjoy Female Prison and Limerick Prison who had consent to bail contained in their court order is not recorded on the Prisoner Information Management System in a manner that would allow the information sought by the Deputy to be provided. To compile such information would require a manual examination of individual warrants.
The Irish Prison Service (IPS) has provided the tables below which outline the number of committals of women remanded to custody, the number of those individuals who took up the option of bail and the subsequent number of releases from prison custody for the years in question.
Table 1 – Releases on Bail Mountjoy Female Prison (2021 – 2025)
|
Year |
No. of committals on remand/trial |
Persons released on Bail |
Releases on Bail * |
|
2025 |
327 |
130 |
138 |
|
2024 |
330 |
144 |
155 |
|
2023 |
303 |
129 |
137 |
|
2022 |
254 |
118 |
129 |
|
2021 |
171 |
93 |
97 |
*An individual can be committed and released on more than one occasion in a calendar year.
Table 2 - Releases on Bail Limerick Prison (2024 - 2025)
|
Year |
No. of committals on remand/trial |
Persons released on Bail |
Releases on Bail * |
|
2025 |
94 |
27 |
28 |
|
2024 |
85 |
20 |
20 |
*An individual can be committed and released on more than one occasion in a calendar year.
