Ms Caron McCaffrey:

There is a Garda liaison officer in place for every one of our prisons. There is a specific Garda liaison contact for each prison. Where there is an assault on a member of our staff, it is notified by the governor to the Garda liaison officer. It would obviously be notified by the person concerned to the Garda. There are arrangements in place between the prison and the local Garda station for the notification of assaults.