Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 4 April 2019
Public Accounts Committee
2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality
9:00 am
Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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The committee held a significant number of hearings some time ago regarding Templemore and dealing with the issue of bank accounts. The Prison Service holds certain bank accounts. It seems to have changed bank in 2018-19. Is that something with which the Department deals or is it exclusively within the remit of the Prison Service? For what reason would it change banks? Would it be a value for money issue or prompted by another matter?