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

I wish to move to an issue within Irish prisons, namely, tuberculosis, TB. The committee is looking at preventable issues, such as claims to the State Claims Agency. There was a relatively significant outbreak of TB in Dublin prisons, possibly Mountjoy, some years ago. Has there been a change in how such an outbreak is handled? It is a notifiable disease. Were there issues in terms of compensation or isolation as a result of the outbreak? Should the committee raise this issue with representatives of the Prison Service?