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:

Obviously, Covid-19 had an impact on those. They are activated again. In fact, the budget for youth justice and the youth diversion projects for 2022 has an increase of over €6 million, so there is a huge amount of work going on there. They are fully firing now.