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. Michael Donnellan:

We did have the staff. As the Chairman can see, we have got the number of 40/02s down from 187 to 30. In the past year we have gone through a very difficult period in procurement and have had no alternative but to roll over some services such as food suppliers and the like.