Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 2 February 2017
Public Accounts Committee
2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 – Prisons
Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts Special Report No. 93: Annualised Hours of the Prison Service
9:00 am
Mr. Noel Waters:
Clearly it would be an issue for us in respect of security. There are some very dangerous people in the Midlands Prison and it would not be ideal to have to transport them by road to a far distant hospital. That has a big cost implication for the Prison Service too. These are all issues that are in play but ultimately the HSE makes its own decisions. All we can do is give our input and make our case in respect of our services.