Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 18 October 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality
General Scheme of the Inspection of Places of Detention Bill 2022: Discussion
James Lawless (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)
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The committee has covered that before and acknowledged that the population doubled there and it had not received the investment it needed at any stage. We look forward to the new prison and the issues about why women are there or should not be there. Mental health issues and others are separate to that. I thank Dr. Garrihy.
Though the Department representatives are here as observers, is there anything they would like to clarify for us now?