Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)
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Question 168: To ask the Minister for Finance the purchase price paid for a site (details supplied) adjacent to Mountjoy Prison on the North Circular Road which was acquired in 2007 with a view to maximising the redevelopment potential of the Mountjoy site; the current estimated value of the site; the plans for the site in view of the delay in the construction of the Thornton Hall prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35199/10]

Martin Mansergh (Tipperary South, Fianna Fail)
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The purchase price for the site in question was €23,500,000 plus VAT of €3,172,500. A Government Decision in July 2010 approved development of the Thornton Hall Project in three phases, phase one of which has commenced. In that context, the site acquired adjacent to Mountjoy Prison will, as was the original purpose of its acquisition, maximise the future development potential of the Mountjoy Prison site. In the meantime, the premises have been made available for use by the Irish Prison Service (IPS) to provide ancillary facilities connected to the Dóchas women's centre, also on the North Circular Road adjacent to the premises in question.