Tom Barry (Cork East, Fine Gael)
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Question 64: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the Kilworth prison project, County Cork. [11717/11]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The development of a new prison facility at Kilworth Co. Cork to serve the Munster region is a key element of the prisons modernisation programme. It is accepted that conditions at Cork prison are less than ideal and the new facilities at Kilworth will, when complete, allow for the decommissioning of the accommodation at Cork prison and its replacement with new modern prison facilities. It is anticipated that the capacity of the new prison will be in the region of 450. Unfortunately, with limited resources in the present economic climate, it is likely that ambitious projects such as the development of new prison facilities at Kilworth will take longer to progress.