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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Feb 2017)

Catherine Connolly: I wish to back that up because the wrong message is going out from the Dáil that it is waiting on the results of this.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Feb 2017)

Catherine Connolly: On the record, it is a wrong message. It is a misinterpretation of our role and the Chairman has clarified our role. I appreciate that. It is unacceptable that the staff have been taken from the committee. I know the burden of even reading this stuff, which takes hours. It is unacceptable that staff are taken away at a crucial point in the preparation of a report on Project Eagle....

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Feb 2017)

Catherine Connolly: My difficulty is not with the staff. My difficulty is-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Feb 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Absolutely.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Feb 2017)

Catherine Connolly: When a decision is taken to remove staff, on what basis is it made? We were at a critical point where we needed staff. It would seem to me a decision was made not to give importance to that and to give importance to something else.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Feb 2017)

Catherine Connolly: I certainly feel strongly about it that the staff-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Feb 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Are we following up on our concerns relating to the lack of staff and asking for more staff?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Feb 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Does the Chairman envisage having open meetings then? All of the Thursday meeting slots are gone or will the Chairman be cancelling some of those meetings?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Feb 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Is Deputy referring to Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, GMIT?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 – Prisons
Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts Special Report No. 93: Annualised Hours of the Prison Service (2 Feb 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Is Mr. Waters going through his statement?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 – Prisons
Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts Special Report No. 93: Annualised Hours of the Prison Service (2 Feb 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Does he have a different document?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 – Prisons
Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts Special Report No. 93: Annualised Hours of the Prison Service (2 Feb 2017)

Catherine Connolly: That is okay. I just wanted to know. Do I have the correct document?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 – Prisons
Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts Special Report No. 93: Annualised Hours of the Prison Service (2 Feb 2017)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the witnesses for attending the meeting. Is there any female governor across the 14 prisons?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 – Prisons
Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts Special Report No. 93: Annualised Hours of the Prison Service (2 Feb 2017)

Catherine Connolly: I understand all the campus governors are male.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 – Prisons
Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts Special Report No. 93: Annualised Hours of the Prison Service (2 Feb 2017)

Catherine Connolly: To be clear, there are three out of 15 female governors in total?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 – Prisons
Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts Special Report No. 93: Annualised Hours of the Prison Service (2 Feb 2017)

Catherine Connolly: On compensation, there are 78 cases of claims by prison staff. Do they mostly relate to assaults by prisoners?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 – Prisons
Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts Special Report No. 93: Annualised Hours of the Prison Service (2 Feb 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Is there a risk assessment for trips and falls?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 – Prisons
Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts Special Report No. 93: Annualised Hours of the Prison Service (2 Feb 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Is the figure for trips reducing?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 – Prisons
Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts Special Report No. 93: Annualised Hours of the Prison Service (2 Feb 2017)

Catherine Connolly: What percentage of the claims by prison staff relate to trips and falls?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 – Prisons
Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts Special Report No. 93: Annualised Hours of the Prison Service (2 Feb 2017)

Catherine Connolly: There are 200 claims from prisoners. Is that correct?