Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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740. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who died while in prison in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022; and if a breakdown can be provided on the causes of death in tabular form. [14051/22]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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I have sought the information requested by the Deputy from the Irish Prison Service, however, the information was not available in time. I will write to the Deputy once the information is to hand.

Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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741. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners in the State who reported being assaulted while in prison in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022; and if a breakdown can be provided on the nature of the assaults in tabular form. [14052/22]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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I am advised by my officials in the Irish Prison Service that the statistics on the number of assaults reported  within the Irish Prison estate in the year 2021 are currently being reviewed and will be published on their website in due course. 

The statistics will include prisoner on prisoner assaults and prisoner on staff assaults and will be broken down by prison.

I am further advised that the information requested by the Deputy for 2010 -2020 is published by the Irish Prison Service and is available on their website, www.irishprisons.ie

Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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742. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons currently in prison in the State. [14053/22]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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I can advise the Deputy that on 21st March 2022 there are 3,982 people in custody.

The Deputy may wish to note that a full breakdown of the number of people currently in prison is included in the Daily Population figures which are published on the website of the Irish Prison Service – www.irishprisons.ie.

Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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743. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Irish Prison Service employees sacked or dismissed in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022; and if she can provide a reason for dismissal in each case in tabular form. [14054/22]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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I have sought the information requested by the Deputy from the Irish Prison Service, however, the information was not available in time. I will write to the Deputy once the information is to hand.