Written answers

Tuesday, 24 October 2006

Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform

Prison Building Programme

9:00 pm

Photo of Joan BurtonJoan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 230: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount spent since 26 January 2004 on the site at Thornton Hall including expenditure on surveys, tree planting, archaeology and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33896/06]

Photo of Joan BurtonJoan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 231: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of contracts for work signed for work to be done at the Thornton Hall site; the number of these projects not completed; the cost of the contracts that have not yet been completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33897/06]

Photo of Michael McDowellMichael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 230 and 231 together.

A total of nine contracts have been put in place for the work on Thornton Hall site.

Six of these are complete and three are ongoing. These are the landscape planting contract, the team of consultants appointed to oversee all of the planning of the preliminary works and the site security services.

A total of €2,568,542.36 has been expended to date on works at or related to the Thornton Hall site including surveys, tree planting, archaeology, etc.

As is the case in all major infrastructural projects, comprehensive geological/archaeological surveys were conducted at the site. I am glad to inform the Deputy that, in accordance with assurances I have previously given the House, there are no recorded national monuments on the site. In addition, the comprehensive survey undertaken did not reveal any archaeological impediment to the proposed development.

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