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 Caron McCaffrey:
The rest are in E block in Portlaoise Prison. As of yesterday, the total there was 13 prisoners. The completion of the construction work in Limerick Prison will eliminate slopping out on that site. We have been giving consideration to what the options might be in respect of E block.