Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 10 December 2020

Public Accounts Committee

2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons
Chapter 7 – Catering and Ancillary Services in Prisons

11:30 am

Ms Caron McCaffrey:

There are 52% of cells accommodating one prisoner but it is important to stress that where a cell hosts two prisoners, there is international guidance relating to cell size in square metres. Where we have a double cell it would meet that guidance.