I propose to take Questions Nos. 122 and 123 together.
As the Deputy will be aware the Irish Prison Service opened a new prison in Cork in 2016 to replace the old prison.
I can advise the Deputy that I have not held any meeting with the Irish Prison Service to date to discuss the development of the Old Cork Prison site.
I also understand that my predecessor did not hold any such meeting with the Prison Service on this issue.
Furthermore, I am advised by the Irish Prison Service that it has no strategic requirement for the building and any past consideration of the question of its development did not lead to planning or other proposals in this regard.