Joe Costello (Dublin Central, Labour)

In view of the concern of the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform about the appalling conditions in Mountjoy Prison and the lack of in-cell sanitation, and his willingness to purchase a greenfield site in north County Dublin for a new prison at ten times the market value, will the Tánaiste give us some idea when the prisons Bill allowing for the closure of Mountjoy Prison is likely to come before the House?

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