Trevor Sargent (Dublin North, Green Party)

Promised legislation will be published in due course, after which the Government is expected to take action on the terms of that legislation. Is there any point in anticipating the outcome of the decision concerning the Prisons Bill 2005, which accounts for the closure of Mountjoy Prison, considering that €30 million has already been spent on a site by the Government pending the legislation?

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