Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, Solidarity)
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555. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to cases of delayed delivery of personal items to prisoners when they are being transferred between the Midlands Prison and the progression unit in Mountjoy (details supplied); if the Minister will instruct his Department to investigate this and ensure prisoners are able to receive their property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13648/25]

Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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The Irish Prison Service Policy on Prisoner Property ensures that prisoner property is managed across the prison estate in a standard and consistent manner and in line with the Prison Rules 2007.

In line with the policy, when a prisoner is transferred, all property retained in cell and in storage should transport with the prisoner. If this is not possible, all property should be sent to the receiving prison as soon as possible, but no later than one week after transfer.

All property transferred out and in is logged on the Prisoner Information Management System and a printed list sent with the property.

Since the start of 2025, more than 60 prisoners have been transferred from the Midlands Prison to Mountjoy Prison for population management reasons. On occasion, prisoners were transferred without their property accompanying them. Where this occurred, Mountjoy Prison management made arrangements to have it sent on.

While the intention is that all transfers of property are completed within a week as per the prisoner property policy, due to the high volume of transfers since the start of the year, there have been some delays with the transfer and logging of property.

I am advised by the IPS that all of these property items have now been logged in each individual prisoner's property.