Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 22 March 2022
741. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice 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]
Amharc ar fhreagraI 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
