Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Okay. I am not aware of a problem. There is a benefit to speeding up the process in order that we can get more gardaí out there.

Regarding prisons, I got permission from Government recently to bypass what was previously referred to as the public sector spending rules to speed up the process of building 940 units in prisons. I am hoping to see 670 spaces in the Midlands, Mountjoy, Castelreagh, and Cloverhill prisons. I want to see a new block of 100 spaces in Wheatfield. Redevelopment of the old Cork prison will accommodate 230 males and 100 females.

The Deputy asked if we have looked at any other sites. The Deputy is right when he says that building new prisons can be problematic so we are better off to stick to the prison-----