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
David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)
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Yes. Subheads A6 and A8. We will stick with subhead A2, administration, non-pay, corporate services or administration costs in the prisons. Are there any comments or questions on A2? As there are no questions I move on to subhead A4, prisoner services. It includes cost efficiencies relating to the usage and supply of items such as cleaning materials, catering supplies and other large expenditure items. The reduction in prisoner numbers has also contributed to cost savings in this subhead. The saving in this subhead is €2.3 million.