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:

One of the difficulties up to this point in time has been the system. The State has been overly reliant on very committed people in local communities. The State has to step into this to some degree and make sure that consistent provision is there across the whole country.