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:
I will take the questions in reverse order if that is acceptable. The Red Cross programme to which the Deputy referred is a community-based health and first aid programme. It is an excellent example of innovation within the public service. It is run jointly by the Red Cross Ireland, the Prison Service and ETBs. The Probation Service has recently become involved. It is about empowering prisoners to take care of themselves and their health both in prison and in the wider community. We have received dormant accounts funding for the past four years for the project. There was a payment of €200,000 in 2017 and 2018.
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