Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 17 January 2019

Public Accounts Committee

2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons

9:00 am

Ms Caron McCaffrey:

We are going to be engaging in a healthcare needs assessment for the Irish Prison Service. That will be done in consultation with the Department of Health and the HSE and it is to touch on some on the issues the Chairman has raised around what the appropriate staffing model is, what is the full complement of resources and what types of services we should be giving. That review is scheduled to take place this year and we have been awaiting the appointment of the executive clinical lead to do that.

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