Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 15 February 2024
Public Accounts Committee
Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons
9:30 am
Ms Caron McCaffrey:
There is no formal limit. Generally what happens is that prisoners, on average, are supported by their families by €40 per week. We would obviously continuously check the amount of money that is held in prisoners' accounts from a security perspective. That work is ongoing. Generally, prisoners receive small amounts from their families of €20 or €40 a week to support them in terms of things they need to purchase in prison.
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