Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 2 February 2017
Public Accounts Committee
2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 – Prisons
Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts Special Report No. 93: Annualised Hours of the Prison Service
9:00 am
David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
On page 27, in reference to the Staffing and Operations Review Team, SORT, report, it states that the report noted the need for building renovations and in some cases major construction projects, and that most of this work would result in a reduction of staffing requirements, as well as contributing to a better living environment for prisoners and an improved working environment for staff. My reading of that is that there is a heavy emphasis being placed on capital investment and on renovations, and a direct correlation being made between that and a reduction in staffing requirements. Would that be a fair interpretation?
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