James O'Connor (Cork East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

In particular, when it happens in Dublin it impacts across the country, given the centralisation of the hospital facilities there. That is good to hear.

I will move to a slightly more controversial matter. As part of our briefing and with regard to the State Claims Agency, there are approximately 2,400 claims outstanding in respect court cases being brought against the Irish Prison Service. Am I right that approximately €3.1 million was paid out in compensation in respect of claims by prisoners in 2020 and there was €1.5 million in compensation and €500,000 in legal costs awarded in respect of in-cell sanitation cases between 2019 and 2020?

To me, that sounds a little unusual. I want to try to get a better understanding from the officials of what is actually going on in that particular case. Obviously, it is quite a large amount of money relating to the Prison Service. Will the officials give us the background if that is possible?