Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
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50. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prison places available in each prison in the prison system in 2016; the budget allocated to each prison; if she will provide comparison figures for 2006 and 1996; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29832/16]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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I wish to inform the Deputy that the number of prison places available in each prison is set out in the following table for each year 2016, 2006 and 1996.

Individual prisons do not have a separate budget allocation. Instead each budget area is managed centrally by the appropriate Directorate in Irish Prison Service Headquarters. In 2016 the gross budget allocated to the Irish Prison Service was €332,058,000, the equivalent figure in 2006 was €389,572,000 and in 1996 the equivalent figure was €150,997,000 (£118,920,000).