Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 23 September 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

International Protection Accommodation Service: Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

2:00 am

Photo of Gary GannonGary Gannon (Dublin Central, Social Democrats)

They are going to prisons that are overcrowded. Dóchas, for example, is operating at 141% and yet it has had more than a few people sent there awaiting deportation. What is the impact of that on the prison population and how many people have been released who have committed crimes to make space for those coming in awaiting deportation?

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