Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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Question 127: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding plans to construct a new prison in Kilworth, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32746/08]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The Government decided to assign a site owned by the Department of Defence to the Irish 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 Department of Finance Guidelines, has approved a preliminary Business Case for this project and has forwarded it to my Department for sanction to proceed to the next stage of the process. I see the Prison Service moving to the next stage of the process, the preparation of a detailed Business Case, in the coming months.