Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

This sounds a most unfair situation. There are prison officers injured in the course of their work, they have exhausted their sick leave, they probably feel they want to do some light duties, and the Prison Service is saying there is not a great facility for it as the person is not fit for work. In the meantime, the prison officer has not been pensioned off - or whatever is the phrase one likes to use - but has no money. Such staff are off payroll receiving nothing. Is there much of this? This sounds very unfair for somebody who was injured doing his or her job on behalf of the State. I am trying to highlight the unfairness here.