Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 15 February 2024

Public Accounts Committee

Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons

9:30 am

Ms Caron McCaffrey:

There are exemptions for the Prison Service around the Organisation of Working Time Act, which is a maximum of 48 hours, but there are obviously requirements around having sufficient time off and sufficient rest breaks between shifts which we would be compliant with.