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
Mr. Derek Caldbeck:
It is managed within our finance section. People at administrative level undertake a range of functions, with this one of those functions. I agree with the Deputy that it is an onerous requirement, but it is necessary for prisoners. They have an entitlement to buy whatever they want from the prison shop, and family members contribute to their bank accounts. Managing that for every single individual prisoner is an onerous obligation on our resources. A transfer is subsequently made.