Mr. Aidan O'Driscoll:

I am unsure exactly to what the Deputy is referring. I do not wish to repeat myself, but prisons is a separate Vote. I am the Accounting Officer for it. There is a separate Vote for the Garda and for which the Garda Commissioner is Accounting Officer. Some of the issues raised by the Deputy would be more appropriately raised when discussing the Garda Vote with the Commissioner or in the context of the prisons Vote. On many of these issues, I am happy to take questions regarding other Votes but I will have to reply in writing to those questions.