Written answer
Prison Service
The Minister said demolition costs for the old Cork Prison remain undisclosed while surveys and preparatory work inform a commercially sensitive tender process.
288. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the budgeted cost of demolishing the old Cork Prison buildings, including all associated preparatory and clearance works. [66288/26]
Comment on this
I am advised that the Irish Prison Service (IPS) has recently conducted a Part 9 planning process for certain demolitions on the old Cork Prison site in line with the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 (as amended, which corresponds to provisions under Section 181 of the Planning and Development Act).
The IPS has engaged the services of consultants and contractors to carry out various investigative works/surveys in the old Cork Prison, the outcome of which will inform the potential tender process for demolition. As the tendering process is commercially sensitive it is not proposed to outline potential costs at this juncture.