Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 28 April 2022
Public Accounts Committee
2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons
9:30 am
Ms Oonagh McPhillips:
People could not be brought together in groups and so forth. Community service orders have been a difficulty for the past two years. We are doing a piece of work at the moment on community sanctions generally and examining how the Probation Service can have a more consistent offering throughout the country, working with local authorities, as the Deputy mentioned, and other bodies.