Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 5 November 2015

Public Accounts Committee

Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
Vote 21: Prisons
Vote 24: Department of Justice and Equality
Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin

10:00 am

Photo of John McGuinnessJohn McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

While the State was trumpeting new procurement systems as a great deal, we have come across significant breaches of the procurement process in several Departments, including the Irish Prison Service. What Mr. Donnellan is saying is that the service simply did not have the staff to ensure it could comply with the new procurement rules.

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