Charles Flanagan (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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Question 500: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the proposed new detention centre at Kilworth, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23410/07]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The Government decided earlier this year to assign a site owned by the Minister of Defence to the Prison Service as the location for the development of a prison facility to replace Cork Prison and serve the Munster region. A preliminary site suitability report has been carried out on the site and this has confirmed that there are no significant constraints to the development of this site.

I can confirm also that the Prison Service Interim Board, in accordance with the Department of Finance Guidelines, has recently approved a preliminary Business Case for this project and has forwarded it to my Department for consideration.