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

11:10 am

Mr. Brian Purcell:

While I am sure it was unintended, I do not accept any comparison of the circumstances in RIA accommodation to the Magdalen laundries or other institutions that in recent years have been the subject of tribunals of inquiry. I presume that the Deputy did not intend to imply that.