Mr. Don Culliton:

With regard to the 22 officers we re-employed, we only recommenced recruitment in mid-2017. Due to the staff deficits we sought expressions of interest from prison officers who had retired to try to get additional staffing resources back into the Prison Service on a short-term basis. We were successful in recruiting 22 people. They gave service for 12 months. However, as recruitment through 2018 has accelerated, those contracts have not been extended. They were to assist us with the staffing deficits we had.