Irish Prison Service

What this means

• The Irish Prison Service is a public body responsible for managing prisons across Ireland on behalf of the state.[source]
• Its core duty is to hold people sent to prison by the courts in safe and secure conditions, as set out in law.[source]
• Beyond custody, the service is also tasked with supporting prisoners in rehabilitating and reintegrating into society after release.[source]
• The government has promised to build a new prison at Thornton Hall, a commitment listed under the justice and policing policy area.[source]
• Tracking whether the Thornton Hall prison is built matters for public accountability, as it is a stated government promise affecting prison capacity.[source]

Direct impact (2)

• owns statutory mandate
  Safe and secure custody of prisonersMandate
• responsible for commitment
  Develop a new prison at Thornton HallCommitment

Indirect impact (1)

Two-hop relationships traced through the entity above. Useful for spotting downstream knock-on effects.

• responsible for commitment → delivery owned by officeholder2-hop via pfg-2025-justice-thornton-hall
  Jim O'CallaghanOfficeholder