asked the Minister for Justice the average annual cost of maintaining a prisoner at Mountjoy prison.
Written Answers. - Cost of Maintenance in Mountjoy.
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Such a cost can be measured in different ways. What seems to be the best way of calculating a current figure is to include an appropriate proportion of the Estimate for the total Prison Vote and to add a figure for the estimated cost, which is borne on other Votes, of the welfare service for the particular prison and of the teaching staff. No expenditure on capital expenditure is included. On that basis the current annual cost per prisoner is approximately £8,100.