Gerard Craughwell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

It is important that we hear from him because, judging from the amount of correspondence I am receiving from people who either are involved in the Prison Service or have left it, there seems to be a serious problem in that organisation that needs to be addressed. In this public forum, I encourage any member of the Prison Service who has an issue to come forward and let their issue be known - that is, if the internal dispute mechanism is not working. What we do not want the committee to become is a sort of sounding pad for everybody with a gripe, but perhaps there is a serious problem with the internal dispute process. That man has been about 30 years trying to get his issue resolved.