Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 16 February 2023
Public Accounts Committee
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Resumed)
9:30 am
Mr. Kevin McCarthy:
The grocery points system that I referred to earlier was where there are self-catering arrangements within a centre. There is essentially a shop on the centre that supplies groceries etc. and all the essential needs. There is essentially a voucher system to allow them to meet their own needs.