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:
There is an increase across a number of areas. There is an increase in the number of remand prisoners and we are seeing an increase in the number of female offenders. There is also an increase in the time people are spending on remand. That can very much relate to the nature of the offence for which they are awaiting trial.