Imelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Enough concerns have been raised here that a report would not do any harm. I think it would also send out a message that where there are these irregularities going on for quite some time, and despite the fact that the Comptroller and Auditor General's report, through the Committee of Public Accounts, has raised them, it has taken this length of time for some to be acted on. There are others that have yet to be acted on. In the interest of transparency, I think it would be wise of the committee to recommend that the Minister ask the Inspector of Prisons to carry out an investigation of these irregularities. That way we would get the one final report that we have not managed to get thus far.