Alan Farrell (Dublin North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

On subhead A3, I am aware of the work done by the Department of Justice and Equality on the removal of the practice of slopping out in prisons. I assume that part of this budget is for that purpose. Can the Minister indicate if there is a timeline envisaged for the outright eradication of that practice and if there are plans for the expansion of the prison network in general? I suspect it will be in next year's Estimates.