Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The Government is proceeding with a new prison in Cork, something which is long overdue. I cannot indicate a date for publication of the inspection of places of detention Bill at this stage, but the Minister for Justice and Equality is working on the Bill. I know the Deputy has come to accept that the courts system and the administration of justice are separate from the political system.

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