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 Oonagh McPhillips:

Since 2018 disclosures have first been referred to a different contractor for assessment. The disclosure is assessed to determine whether it is a protected disclosure. If it is, it goes to the independent investigator, who looks at the report and comes up with the terms of reference.