Prison Service

Tuesday, 26 May 2026

Questions (843)

Barry Ward

Question:

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]

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Written answers

Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

I can advise the Deputy that the prison population, broken down by prison establishment, is published daily on the Irish Prison Service website, where changes in population can be viewed from 2015 to 2026 at: www.irishprisons.ie/information-centre/statistics-information/2015-daily-prisoner-population.

Table 1 below details the prison population information as requested.

Table 1 - Total Prison Population Per Year

Question No. 844 answered with Question No. 834.

Question No. 845 answered with Question No. 834.

Question No. 846 answered with Question No. 840.

Question No. 847 answered with Question No. 840.

Question No. 848 answered with Question No. 840.