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. Noel Waters:

There seems to be some confusion. The Mountjoy redevelopment plan, which was led by the then governor of Mountjoy, Mr. John Lonergan, looked at a number of options including the demolition of Mountjoy and replacing it with a new prison to be built on the same site.