Mr. Michael Donnellan:

Yes. It was brought to our attention by the governor of Limerick Prison, who, doing the checks and balances, realised a sum of €10,000 was missing. An audit took place, a forensic audit was undertaken as well and the governor concluded that €10,000 cash was missing. It was impossible to say with certainty how the money disappeared or was misappropriated, but the governor felt it was bail money. It is not unusual for the Prison Service to receive bail money and it is not unusual for it to receive €10,000 in cash for bail money. We would much prefer not to receive bail money this way. We have moved almost to a cashless-----