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

Photo of Derek NolanDerek Nolan (Galway West, Labour)
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No, but the language used at the time was similar to the language we are using now. The language used to justify those cases is similar to the language we use today to justify keeping families of poor people in a small hotel room for six years, not knowing what is going on, with no money or resources and very little educational standards coming out of it. That is what I think.