Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 21 June 2018
104. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the daily increase in numbers incarcerated at Cloverhill Prison from 337 on 15 June 2017 to 424 on 15 June 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27138/18]
View answerI wish to advise the Deputy, that in the past 12 months, the Irish Prison Service has experienced an increase in the numbers of people committed to all committal prisons in the country. As Cloverhill Prison is the primary remand prison for the Leinster area, it has been affected more significantly in terms of committals in the past year.
Prison Governors are, by law, required to admit into custody all prisoners committed to prison by the Courts. The Irish Prison Service therefore has no control over the numbers committed to custody in any given year.
