Ms Michelle Martyn:

Penal Reform International did a study last year and again highlighted the increase in the number of people on remand and the number of women being sentenced to prison. It highlighted issues around domestic violence and the number of people from ethnic minorities in prison. A reply to a parliamentary question last year showed the number of remand prisoners sharing a cell with sentenced prisoners was 222. With regard to data, the Irish Prison Service, following the recommendation about publishing more data on remand, has recently started to publish details on remand figures on its website.