Alan Farrell (Dublin Fingal, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I have two more questions, the first of which relates to the training of Prison Service personnel. I assume training in things like avoidance techniques, tactics and self-defence is provided. Is it provided by external service providers or in-house? Perhaps both forms of training are provided. I appreciate that Ms McCaffrey only took up her position on 13 December last. Does she believe it represents value for money for the Prison Service to go outside the service for training? What is the mix of the training programmes that are available?