Written answers

Thursday, 30 March 2017

Department of Justice and Equality

Prison Facilities

Photo of Tommy BroughanTommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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93. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prison places, by prison, in 2016; the budget allocated to each prison with the comparative figures for 1996 and 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15854/17]

Photo of Frances FitzgeraldFrances 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 Year 2016:

EstablishmentBed Capacity on 31st December 2016
Mountjoy Male554
Mountjoy Female105
Training Unit96
St. Patrick's34
Cloverhill431
Wheatfield550
Midlands870
Portlaoise291
Cork296
Limerick Male210
Limerick Female28
Castlerea340
Arbour Hill142
Loughan House140
Shelton Abbey115
Total4,202

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 €332.058m, the equivalent figure in 2006 was €389.572m and in 1996 the equivalent figure was €150.997m (£118.920m).

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