Seán Crowe
Question:284 Mr. Crowe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the large amount of opposition among local people towards the construction of a proposed juvenile detention centre at Newlands Villa, Naas Road and to the fact that this proposal will use up 13 hectares of green belt, set aside for that purpose under the council development plan, 1998; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that two other prisons are already situated in much the same area, at Cloverhill and Wheatfield; his views on whether it would not be a less expensive option to refurbish and improve Shanganagh Castle and reopen it as a place of detention; and if he or representatives of his Department will be willing to meet members of the local community on this issue. [2970/03]