Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 4 April 2019

Public Accounts Committee

2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality

9:00 am

Mr. Aidan O'Driscoll:

No. As I said, a panel is in place and I take it the service is drawing from that panel. I do not have the specific figures in front of me but I understand that there is a panel in place. I take the Deputy's broader point and agree with her 100%. This is exactly the direction of travel we want to take. If one looks at the report of the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland, it is highly relevant. It takes a much more holistic view of policing and managing vulnerable people who become involved in crime and so on. The direction of travel is to divert people, in particular young people, away from prison and so on and into these more social work type services where they can hopefully be helped to develop a fulfilling life away from crime.

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