133 Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the Comptroller and Auditor General’s annual report for 2005 published on 27 September 2006 which concluded in respect of the purchase of the site at Thornton Hall by his Department that there were inconsistencies between the site selection committee’s evaluations of various sites, that neither comprehensive site surveys nor comprehensive costings on the work that would be necessary to make the site suitable for a prison were conducted prior to the purchase offer being made; that well-positioned agricultural land with development potential could have been purchased for a fraction of the price; that the value of obtaining enlarged acreage was questionable; and that had a compulsory purchase order been used instead it would have allowed the State to purchase a site for a lesser amount. [30791/06]

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133 Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the Comptroller and Auditor General’s annual report for 2005 published on 27 September 2006 which concluded in respect of the purchase of the site at Thornton Hall by his Department that there were inconsistencies between the site selection committee’s evaluations of various sites, that neither comprehensive site surveys nor comprehensive costings on the work that would be necessary to make the site suitable for a prison were conducted prior to the purchase offer being made; that well-positioned agricultural land with development potential could have been purchased for a fraction of the price; that the value of obtaining enlarged acreage was questionable; and that had a compulsory purchase order been used instead it would have allowed the State to purchase a site for a lesser amount. [30791/06]

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