Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 2 December 2015
Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality
Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 20: An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Supplementary)
3:00 pm
Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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Deputy O'Dowd refers to the finance legislation which is going to come into effect. The courts have been setting up an IT system to manage it effectively and it is taking a few months to do that but they will be ready to start in early January 2016. Once we have that legislation enacted it will make a substantial difference to the situation outlined whereby people are being brought to prison.