Questions over €250,000 kitchen sold for €14,000

THE Public Accounts Committee will be asked to investigate the knock-down sale of a prison kitchen to a private company following the prison’s closure.

The industrial kitchen, estimated to cost as much as €250,000, was installed in Fort Mitchel prison on Spike Island in Cork in 2002 as part of a €3.5 million revamp of the entire facility, funded by the taxpayer.

The kitchen included large ovens, walk-in fridges, dish-washers, vast preparation surfaces and fittings.