Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 24 June 2025

Select Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice (Further Revised)

2:00 am

Photo of Matt CarthyMatt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

That is fair enough but we are some way off having no reliance on private operators. I would argue it is probably a lifetime away on the current trajectory. In the meantime, there will be contracts with private operators. Is that going to continue to happen in secret, in the dark and with no information? There was a situation where two directors in one company involved in the provision of IPAS paid themselves €4.6 million in salary in one year.

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