Written answers
Tuesday, 30 November 2021
Department of Education and Skills
Prison Service
Sorca Clarke (Longford-Westmeath, Sinn Fein)
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482. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons currently in prison for burglary and who are due to be released in 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026, in tabular form. [58524/21]
Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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I am advised by my officials in the Irish Prison Service that on 19 November 2021 there were 361 people in custody whose most serious offence was burglary.
Of this, 294 were sentenced and 67 were being held for trial or on remand.
A detailed breakdown of those serving sentences for burglary is set out in the tables below.
Table 1. All Prisoners in Custody For Burglary or Related Offences on 19 November 2021
| Committal Status | Total |
|---|---|
| Sentenced | 294 |
| Trial and Remand | 67 |
| Total | 361 |
Table 2. Burglary and Related Offences Sentenced Prisoners on 19 November 2021
| Offence Description | TOTAL |
|---|---|
| AGGRAVATED BURGLARY | 50 |
| ATTEMPTED BURGLARY | 3 |
| BURGLARY | 239 |
| BURGLARY (INTENT) | 1 |
| POSSESSION OF ARTICLES/COURSE OF COMMITTING CRIME | 1 |
| Total | 294 |
Table 3. Burglary and Related Offences Sentenced Prisoners on 19 November 2021 with an earliest release date from 2022 to 2026.
| OFFENCE DESCRIPTION | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGGRAVATED BURGLARY | 16 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 31 |
| ATTEMPTED BURGLARY | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| BURGLARY | 122 | 52 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 92 |
| BURGLARY (INTENT) | 1 | 0 | ||||
| POSSESSION OF ARTICLES/COURSE OF COMMITTING CRIME | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 142 | 64 | 34 | 23 | 3 | 266 |
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