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- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Vote 21 - Prisons (28 Apr 2022) Colm Burke: From the time the legislation is fully put in place, how long will it take to have it fully operational and functioning?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (28 Apr 2022) Colm Burke: To return to capital projects, the valuation of the Thornton Hall site is still €49.3 million. Is that an appropriate valuation now, in view of what has occurred? Has there been any engagement with any other State authority about the use of that facility? Is any income being generated from those lands at this stage? What does the Department plan to do to deal with this? It is a...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (28 Apr 2022) Colm Burke: I will move to the Irish Prison Service and compensation claims. My understanding is with in-cell sanitation claims, €3.1 million was paid in 2020. In 2020 there were 2,399 cases in total of compensation claims pending against the Department, with 1,855 of those relating to in-cell sanitation. What is the up-to-date position on that? What is the timeframe for trying to resolve all...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (28 Apr 2022) Colm Burke: In 2020, €3.1 million was paid. Does Ms McCaffrey have the figures for 2021?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (28 Apr 2022) Colm Burke: My understanding is that in 2020, there were 2,399 cases pending, with 1,855 relating to in-cell sanitation. What were the other 544 cases mainly comprising and what progress has been made in resolving them?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Vote 21 - Prisons (28 Apr 2022) Colm Burke: Is there any outline of where processes need to be changed because of how the claims arose? Is there follow-up on how they are dealt with and have lessons been learned about how to reduce the level of claims?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (28 Apr 2022) Colm Burke: I will move to a final question.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (28 Apr 2022) Colm Burke: The question relates to the hepatitis C treatment programme in prisons. My understanding is the hepatitis C treatment programme takes approximately 12 weeks. Is there a detailed programme in place in each of the prisons to provide that care to prisoners while they are in prison? It is a 12-week programme and if appointments are missed, the process could be delayed. What progress has been...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (28 Apr 2022) Colm Burke: On the cost-effectiveness point, people can be dealt with in the prison rather than being transferred to hospital facilities. Has that process been put in place?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (28 Apr 2022) Colm Burke: I thank all of the staff in the Department of Justice and the Prison Service for their work over the past two years, in particular. It has been a very difficult time for everyone, given the role of the Garda, the Prison Service and the Department. I thank them for all the work that was done over that difficult period. On the issue of capital projects, Ms McPhillips referred to the...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (28 Apr 2022) Colm Burke: I return to the question I asked earlier about the hepatitis C treatment programme. My understanding is there was a particular issue with prisoners needing to be taken from Cork Prison to an outpatient clinic in Cork University Hospital for their care. I had understood it was proposed that all treatment would take place within prisons rather than having to incur the additional cost of...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Vote 21 - Prisons (28 Apr 2022) Colm Burke: That does not answer my question. Is treatment being provided now within the prison precincts?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Vote 21 - Prisons (28 Apr 2022) Colm Burke: Will that apply to all prisons in the long term? There is a significant cost saving not only for the prison service but also for the health service. When does Mr. Black expect to have it available in all the prisons?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Vote 21 - Prisons (28 Apr 2022) Colm Burke: What is the timeline for Cork and Limerick? When does Mr. Black expect the evaluation to take place? Is it likely to take six months or 12 months?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (28 Apr 2022) Colm Burke: May I also get an answer on the old Cork prison issue?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (28 Apr 2022) Colm Burke: I know the building has been decommissioned, but I presume there will still be maintenance and security costs, for instance.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (28 Apr 2022) Colm Burke: Have there been discussions with any other State authorities about what could be done with that site now? What is the proposal in that regard?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Vote 21 - Prisons (28 Apr 2022) Colm Burke: However, for the moment the Department has not proactively engaged in trying to make a decision on the future of the site?
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí agus ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy and Legislation (27 Apr 2022)
Colm Burke: There are 740,000 people over 65. Within eight years, it will be 1 million people. Some 50% of all hospital beds at any one time are occupied by over-65s. What review of policy will be undertaken to ensure we have an adequate number of hospital beds over the coming years? What progress is being made with regard to the elective hospital in Cork? The report on this has gone to the Minister...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí agus ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy and Legislation (27 Apr 2022)
Colm Burke: It has not been announced.