Mr. Michael Donnellan:

There is no doubt we can be more efficient but we have a system comprising small regional prisons. For example, we have a prison in Cork that takes 275, one in Limerick that takes 200 and another in Castlerea in Roscommon that takes 350. As the Secretary General indicated, in other states like Britain, those facilities would be amalgamated with much greater efficiencies. However, we consider it important to have a regional structure. We have made efficiencies and must continue to do so, particularly around technology.