Niall Collins (Limerick, Fianna Fail)
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570. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total prison population; the number of prisoners in tabular form, broken down by prison; the capacity of each prison within the State; the number of prisoners on bail; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25597/14]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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I can inform the Deputy that the number of prisoners in custody on Monday, 16th June was 3,995.

As the Deputy will appreciate the Irish Prison Service must accept all prisoners committed by the Courts into its custody and does not have the option of refusing committals. It should be noted that this is the busiest time of the year for committals prior to the courts being in recess for the summer.

The following table outlines the current prison population broken down by prison and the bed capacity of each prison. It has been presumed for the purpose of answering the question the number of prisoners on bail refers to prisoners on temporary release from prison. Accordingly, the temporary release figure for each prison has been included in the table below.