asked the Minister for Defence the number of Army personnel involved in security and defence work in Portlaoise Prison during 1984; the cost in terms of (a) wages and maintenance and (b) transport; and if he will consider the desirability, for reasons of cost, of establishing a special local based unit for this purpose.
Written Answers. - Portlaoise Prison.
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It is not the practice, in the interests of security, to furnish particulars of the nature sought in the question. I am satisfied that existing arrangements provide for the optimum use of available manpower and resources.