Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

Will the Government produce a plan, including a timeframe, for the required works on the existing prison stock to address the questions of upgrades and overcrowding? As the question that I read into the record indicated, what steps will the Minister take to remove more non-violent offenders from the prison system? Does the Minister not agree that doing so would be a more cost effective way of addressing overcrowding? Will he ensure that the Fines Bill 2009, which only passed Second Stage last week after a delay of some seven years, is progressed to the final Stages?

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