Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 3 October 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

General Scheme of the Irish Prison Service Bill and of the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Bill: Discussion

Mr. Karl Dalton:

Staff of the service and mobility are a concern we will be raising. We are looking for a meeting with the Department of Justice first to clarify the full meaning of the terms in the document. We represent Civil Service grades as well as prison officers. There is currently Civil Service mobility. The theme throughout our entire document will be what this change of status means for our members.

Regarding membership of the board, on the previous occasion there was an interim board and there was a place for us on it. In this, we are not excluded but we are not included on this and that may be a concern.