Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 367: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans for the refurbished Curragh Prison, County Kildare; the cost of the refurbishment; if he has had or is proposing to have meetings with the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform in regard to the re-opening and the placement of general prisoners in the Curragh; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35741/09]

Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)
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The former military detention centre in the Curragh was used as a civilian prison by the Irish Prison Service from 1996 to 2008. At the end of that period responsibility for the facility reverted to my Department. I have no immediate plans for any refurbishment of the prison. The provision of civilian prison accommodation is, in the first instance, a matter for the Irish Prison Service and I have had no approach in terms of making the facility available to them.