Ms Caron McCaffrey:

We actually have ten electronic tags available to us at any time. Since 2014, we have used tags on 47 prisoners. There is a very significant saving to the Prison Service, for example, in circumstances where an offender in hospital is monitored and minded by a number of prison officers. There are very significant costs attached to that. It costs about €12,500 a week to keep somebody whereas with the electronic tag the costs are significantly lower.