asked the Minister for Justice the annual value per prisoner of goods produced in the manufacturing departments or farms in the prison service.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Prisoners' Work Output.
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The estimated figure is £64 approximately. That sum was taken into account, as an appropriation-inaid, in the reply given to the Deputy on 23rd October but, for clarification, I would like to say specifically that, if one ignores the cost of general overheads in the prison service, the manufacturing and farm departments show a net profit estimated at about £3,600 per annum or a little under £6 per annum per prisoner. Does that satisfy the Deputy?
I will have a look at the reply and I might put down a further question.