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:

Thank you very much Chairman. On my right is Mr. Seamus Clifford, principal officer, who is head of our shared services and financial unit in Killarney. Next to him is Mr. Doncha O'Sullivan, principal officer in one of our co-ordination divisions in the Department. On my left is Ms Oonagh McPhillips, assistant secretary in charge of corporate affairs in the Department. Beside her is Mr. Jimmy Martin, assistant secretary in charge of our prisons section as well as international policy. Beside him is Mr. Michael Donnellan, director general of the Irish Prison Service. Opposite me is Ms Caron McCaffrey, director of corporate affairs in the Irish Prison Service and beside Ms McCaffrey is Mr. Lorcan O'Connor, director general of the Irish Insolvency Service.