Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 5 November 2015

Public Accounts Committee

Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
Vote 21: Prisons
Vote 24: Department of Justice and Equality
Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin

10:00 am

Mr. Noel Waters:

If I may respond - Mr. Donnellan may have his own views - I would be reluctant to get into a situation where I would be seen to comment on any decisions of the Judiciary. It would be known at this stage that there is capacity in the system. The Judiciary is independent in the exercise of its functions and the sentences handed down. I could not go beyond that in the sense of what might motivate judicial sentences because the Judiciary will have all the facts before it.