Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Question 62: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the project to construct a new prison at Thornton Hall, County Dublin; the amount of money that has been spent on the Thornton Hall project to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27340/07]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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Negotiations are currently underway with a commercial consortium, which was selected following an E.U. tender procedure for the design, construction, finance and maintenance of the proposed prison facilities at Thornton Hall, North County Dublin. The new prison complex is being procured under a Public Private Partnership model which will include the construction of the prison facilities along with the ancillary infrastructure including services. The development consent procedure for the development is set out in Part 4 of the Prisons Act 2007.

Expenditure to date on the project has amounted to a total of €36,444,050 including site acquisition costs.