Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 9 September 2020

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response

Covid-19: Human Rights and Civil Liberty Considerations

Ms Sunniva McDonagh:

I would like to comment briefly here. The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights in Vienna highlights elements of good practice. It highlighted the Irish Prison service and particularly the Irish Red Cross, which launched several interventions in prisons. It ensured the availability of television and Netflix and set up a buddy system. The agency praised those organisations in its review of all the member states.