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Dissident republican prisoners staged a four-month protest in Maghaberry Prison
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About £700,000 is to be spent implementing an agreement that ended the dirty protest by republican prisoners at Maghaberry prison.
The four-month protest ended in August when prisoners were granted a new search facility and other measures.
The prisoners said the protest was over issues including strip searching and restricted movement.
DUP assembly member Paul Givan who obtained the figures said the money could have been better spent.
I think the public will be shocked at these figures and won't be happy with them," he said.
"I have two main concerns, one that we have a two-tier system in Maghaberry where the separated regime has had privileges enhanced, and that to me is taking a step towards what the Maze prison was like, and that is somewhere we do not want to go to.
"The other issue is the public concern about this amount of money being spent on a very small number of individuals within Maghaberry prison when we can't get the money for new schools and we're struggling to fund hospitals."
This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.
Dissident republican prisoners staged a four-month protest in Maghaberry Prison Related stories
About £700,000 is to be spent implementing an agreement that ended the dirty protest by republican prisoners at Maghaberry prison.
The four-month protest ended in August when prisoners were granted a new search facility and other measures.
The prisoners said the protest was over issues including strip searching and restricted movement.
DUP assembly member Paul Givan who obtained the figures said the money could have been better spent.
I think the public will be shocked at these figures and won't be happy with them," he said.
"I have two main concerns, one that we have a two-tier system in Maghaberry where the separated regime has had privileges enhanced, and that to me is taking a step towards what the Maze prison was like, and that is somewhere we do not want to go to.
"The other issue is the public concern about this amount of money being spent on a very small number of individuals within Maghaberry prison when we can't get the money for new schools and we're struggling to fund hospitals."
This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.