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

11:30 am

Mr. Brian Purcell:

Obviously, there are no children in Cloverhill Prison, as it is a male prison. If there were females detained overnight, they would be held in the Dóchas Centre. Sometimes, depending on the age of the infant, he or she might be kept there or else the mother and child would be detained somewhere other than the prison, depending on circumstances.