Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 15 February 2024

Public Accounts Committee

Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons

9:30 am

Photo of Catherine MurphyCatherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

Traditionally and now women make up a lower number of the prison population. That obviously has increased. Has any analysis been done on this? We have been given some information as to why there has been an increase in the prison population because of increased court capacity and things like that. Is that likely to have been a catch-up or is there an expectation that it will increase further?

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