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

Photo of Alan FarrellAlan Farrell (Dublin Fingal, Fine Gael)
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That would be helpful. I recognise that it is an essential function that must be provided. I imagine it would be almost impossible to do it in any other manner.

Despite the insignificance of the sum, the figure for the management of petty cash jumped out at me. It was minuscule at approximately €1,000 or something along those lines. Is it recognised that there are improvements to be made in how prison officers or staff in general manage and maintain these accounts? Is there a standard operation across the board?