Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 29 November 2022
Select Committee on Justice and Equality
Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Justice (Supplementary)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
They have no money either. People do not leave money for the tuckshop either. I have spoken with the governor of Limerick Prison. I am also a member of the Committee of Public Accounts, and I do not ever want us to have a situation where we are criticising the governor for getting different types of products into the prison, whether period products, shampoo or different things like that, to just make the situation a little bit more comfortable. The discretionary spending available to be able to provide women with what they need is crucially important, recognising that families might come in and leave €50 for a man and nothing at all for a woman. It is not just the Minister of State and I saying this. This is what we are hearing from every quarter in this regard.
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