Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Question 63: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the timeframe for the roll out of mobile phone signal blocking equipment to all prisons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14158/08]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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I am committed to dealing with the problem of prisoners using mobile phones. On completion and evaluation of the pilot project to inhibit mobile phones in the Midlands and Portlaoise Prisons, the Irish Prison Service will proceed to install mobile phone inhibitors in all prisons.

The indication of the success of the pilot scheme in the Midlands continues to be positive, and if the early results from the pilot inhibition project are confirmed, inhibitors will be installed in all other closed prisons over an 18 to 24 month period.