Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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730. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 362 of 28 May 2025, the number of people currently in prison that have previously been in State care as children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37362/25]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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It is not be possible for my Department, or Tusla, to answer this question. Neither my Department nor Tusla holds information on current prisoners in the State, therefore it is not possible to establish whether a specific prisoner was previously in the care of the State or not, as the case may be. To facilitate the answering of this question, a significant data sharing exercise between the Irish Prison Service and Tusla would be required, which would have particular data sharing sensitivities to be considered.