I propose to take Questions Nos. 61 and 67 together.
There were 784 prisoners in Mountjoy Prison on Wednesday 10 November. The design capacity of the prison is 547 while the bed capacity is 670. The average number held overnight in Mountjoy during the first ten months of 1999 was 750. The highest number held on any one night during this period was 779 on 22 June 1999 and the lowest was 693 on 4 January and 4 October.
Of the 784 prisoners in Mountjoy on 10 November, 604 had to slop-out. The remainder were accommodated in cells containing integral sanitation. The planned refurbishment of Mountjoy Prison over the next four years will include the installation of integral sanitation and the practice of slopping out will end. The refurbishment of Mountjoy has been made possible as a consequence of additional prison accommodation being available under the prison building programme.