Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 21 March 2013

Public Accounts Committee

2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project

11:00 am

Photo of Paschal DonohoePaschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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On the point regarding service delivery, is the Secretary General aware of the report from the European Commission of Human Rights stating that such accommodation was having negative effects on the mental health, family ties and integration prospects of those people who were in the centres? Has the Department been obliged to respond in this regard?