Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 17 January 2019
Public Accounts Committee
2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons
9:00 am
Ms Caron McCaffrey:
It is not that we did not envisage we needed handcuffs but for security reasons, from an operational perspective, we are not in a position to disclose publicly the type of handcuff in operation within our prison system. They fall within the security category. It is not that we did not foresee the need, it is that we do not specify details on security equipment we use within our estate.