More than €2m spent on unusable reintegration unit

The Department of Justice spent over €2m on an adult offender reintegration unit at an apartment complex the State’s legal advisers failed to confirm could not be used due to red tape.

More than €2m spent on unusable reintegration unit

The unit was intended to house residents from a probation unit found to “pose a serious health, safety and fire risk”.

In Jun 2008, the department’s probation service leased a property on Wolfe Tone St in Dublin City for its Bridge Project group, as part of its move from older accommodation on Parnell St.

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