Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Question 192: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the estimated cost of introducing mandatory drug testing on arrival for all prisoners and regularly thereafter. [12824/07]

Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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I am informed by the Irish Prison Service that the cost of introducing mandatory drug testing along the lines described by the Deputy would be in the region of €300,000, not including staff and other costs. However costs would obviously differ depending on the frequency of testing, whether all prisoners would always be tested or whether a random or targeted testing model was to be used.