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- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí agus ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy and Legislation (27 Apr 2022)
Imelda Munster: The backlog has been going on for years.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí agus ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy and Legislation (27 Apr 2022)
Imelda Munster: He did not respond, as usual.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Vote 21 - Prisons (28 Apr 2022) Imelda Munster: I will first touch on the review of the voluntary mess committees. This committee had requested an investigation into voluntary mess committees in prisons. Our inquiries arose following protected disclosures from a whistleblower. I will direct my questions to Ms. McPhillips from the Department first. Was that whistleblower, Noel McGree, directly engaged in the course of this report?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Vote 21 - Prisons (28 Apr 2022) Imelda Munster: The report has been published. We have a copy of it here. I am just asking Ms McPhillips a straight question. Was the whistleblower directly engaged in the course of the report?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Vote 21 - Prisons (28 Apr 2022) Imelda Munster: Okay. Does the Department agree the report largely substantiates the allegations made in that protected disclosure?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Vote 21 - Prisons (28 Apr 2022) Imelda Munster: Does Ms McPhillips agree that it largely substantiates the allegations made by the whistleblower? The response should really be "Yes" or "No".
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Vote 21 - Prisons (28 Apr 2022) Imelda Munster: Does Ms McPhillips agree the report largely substantiates the issues that were brought to the fore and which resulted in the investigation?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Vote 21 - Prisons (28 Apr 2022) Imelda Munster: Absolutely. I understand the Minister had previously apologised to Mr. McGree for the despicable manner in which he was treated and for having ultimately lost his job, but am I correct in saying that Ms McPhillips's Department still opposed him receiving the compensation adjudicated upon by the Workplace Relations Commission, WRC?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Vote 21 - Prisons (28 Apr 2022) Imelda Munster: Could Ms McPhillips say that her Department would engage-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Vote 21 - Prisons (28 Apr 2022) Imelda Munster: If Ms McPhillips is precluded from engaging on the matter of the whistleblower, can I then direct my questions to-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Vote 21 - Prisons (28 Apr 2022) Imelda Munster: You would wonder what protection the whistleblower got under the law. I will now direct my questions to Ms McCaffrey. The report substantiates a number of specific claims relating to funds from the prisoners' assistance fund being used for staff recreation, medals for staff and a whole list of other things. Has anyone ever been disciplined for this?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Vote 21 - Prisons (28 Apr 2022) Imelda Munster: I am talking about the prisoners' assistance fund being used for staff recreation, medals and service recognition awards given to staff.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Vote 21 - Prisons (28 Apr 2022) Imelda Munster: My question was whether anyone had ever been disciplined in respect of that matter.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Vote 21 - Prisons (28 Apr 2022) Imelda Munster: Okay. There was another incident in which a person was paid €141 per month to allow use of his personal Sky account in the mess. The report said that no invoices were made available when the review was carried out. Why did the mess committee bank account not make the payment directly to Sky?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Vote 21 - Prisons (28 Apr 2022) Imelda Munster: Has it ceased?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Vote 21 - Prisons (28 Apr 2022) Imelda Munster: Has that money been refunded?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Vote 21 - Prisons (28 Apr 2022) Imelda Munster: With regard to that Sky account and the moneys involved, was anyone ever disciplined?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Vote 21 - Prisons (28 Apr 2022) Imelda Munster: So nobody was disciplined as such.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Vote 21 - Prisons (28 Apr 2022) Imelda Munster: Nobody was actually disciplined. The approach taken was that of a slap on the hand.