Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

The Prison Service is not like other Departments as there is not the same risk in other Departments. It appears that the treatment does not recognise the risk involved. That is part of the reason I was asking about injury warrants because that has a bearing on the legitimate expectations somebody has if he or she starts out in the Prison Service that he or she will continue to work there and then end up being retired because he or she is injured at work. There is an inherent unfairness. I accept that the 2015 scheme does something but it does not cover the pension aspect.