# Public tenders Canonical results: https://zephior.com/tenders?buyer=irish-prison-service 1 matching notices. Page 1. Filter semantics: OR within a filter, AND across filters and text search. Omitted statuses use active defaults; [] includes all statuses. --- title: "Grant-funded operation of prison visitor centres and family support" canonical: "https://zephior.com/tenders/26285972-a453-4d38-ab48-10d5295aab78/ireland-prison-visitor-centres-family-support-grant" last-updated: 2026-10-30T11:00:00+00:00 --- # Grant-funded operation of prison visitor centres and family support The Irish Prison Service invites expressions of interest for grant funding to operate prison visitor centres and support children and families who visit people in prison. The public notice describes a 36-month arrangement and an estimated overall amount of EUR 1.5 million. This is a grant-funding expression of interest rather than a conventional goods purchase. 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