Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 25 May 2022
162. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons who have been remanded to the Irish Prison Service while awaiting removal from the State by month since April 2021, in tabular form. [26738/22]
View answerI can advise that the Deputy that there were 105 committals to the prison estate of persons to be detained on foot of immigration warrants from 1 April, 2021 to 23 May 2022. Information in this regard is set out in the table below as requested.
The table below provides the information in tabular form as requested.
|
Month by year |
Number of committals |
Number in custody on 23 May, 2022 |
|
April, 2021 |
6 |
0 |
|
May, 2021 |
6 |
0 |
|
June, 2021 |
13 |
0 |
|
July, 2021 |
8 |
0 |
|
August, 2021 |
15 |
0 |
|
September, 2021 |
5 |
0 |
|
October, 2021 |
3 |
0 |
|
November, 2021 |
3 |
0 |
|
December, 2021 |
4 |
0 |
|
January, 2022 |
14 |
0 |
|
February, 2022 |
16 |
0 |
|
March, 2022 |
5 |
0 |
|
April, 2022 |
4 |
1 |
|
May, 2022 (up to 23rd May) |
3 |
0 |
|
Total |
105 |
1 |
