Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 5 November 2015
Public Accounts Committee
Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
Vote 21: Prisons
Vote 24: Department of Justice and Equality
Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin
10:00 am
Mr. Michael Donnellan:
The Minister will be putting through the Prisons Bill by the end of the year, which will see the permanent closure of St. Patrick's Institution. Two of the divisions of St. Patrick's Institution have been redesignated as part of Mountjoy Prison. We have a small pocket in which we house 17 year old children and will continue to do so until the Bill goes through. St. Patrick's Institution will become a full part of Mountjoy Prison, allowing it to be a one prisoner, one cell prison.
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