Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Okay. We will request that information. I noticed yesterday that the correspondence refers to Portlaoise high security prison but the itemised table therein refers to the Portlaoise campus. The latter would generally be taken as referring to the Midlands Prison, which is adjacent and has approximately 800 prisoners, with slightly fewer in the expanded version of the old Portlaoise prison. When the information is being requested from the Department, clarification should be sought on whether the 102 active claims relate solely to the old Portlaoise prison or also incorporate the Midlands Prison. In terms of the nature of the claims, we should know the number of them that are by staff and the number that are by prisoners. The average claim is approximately €120,000 and there are 102 claims, totalling €12.9 million. We should request that information from the Department. Is that agreed? Agreed.