Paul Lawless
Ceist:1327. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of prison beds in the country. [42016/26]
Amharc ar fhreagraTuesday, 9 June 2026
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Freagraí scríofa
The Irish Prison Service (IPS) is required to accept into custody all persons committed by the Courts and the IPS has no role in determining the number of committals at any given time.
The information sought by the Deputy regarding prison capacity is collated daily by the Irish Prison Service Statistics Unit and published on its website (www.irishprisons.ie). This information can be found in the Information Centre under Statistics & Information, Daily Prisoner Population. including population change from 2015 to date: where changes in population can be viewed from 2015 to 2026 at www.irishprisons.ie/information-centre/statistics-information/2015-daily-prisoner-population.
The information sought by the Deputy on the bed capacity of each of the Irish prison locations is set out in the below table as of 5th June 2026.
|
Prison Location |
Bed Capacity |
|
Mountjoy (m) |
831 |
|
Mountjoy (f) |
146 |
|
Training Unit |
98 |
|
Cloverhill |
433 |
|
Wheatfield |
622 |
|
Midlands |
891 |
|
Portlaoise |
226 |
|
Cork |
304 |
|
Limerick (m) |
338 |
|
Limerick (f) |
56 |
|
Castlerea |
385 |
|
Arbour Hill |
137 |
|
Loughan House |
153 |
|
Shelton Abbey |
121 |
|
Totals |
4,741 |