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- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts Special Report No. 93: Annualised Hours of the Prison Service (2 Feb 2017) David Cullinane: A cash saving.
- 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) David Cullinane: Yes.
- 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) David Cullinane: Did the general estimation of €31 million include those types of issues?
- 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) David Cullinane: Yes.
- 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) David Cullinane: Notwithstanding that, the estimation was, or the intention or hope was, to achieve a net saving of €31 million.
- 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) David Cullinane: The actual cash saving was €8 million.
- 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) David Cullinane: On page 27, in reference to the Staffing and Operations Review Team, SORT, report, it states that the report noted the need for building renovations and in some cases major construction projects, and that most of this work would result in a reduction of staffing requirements, as well as contributing to a better living environment for prisoners and an improved working environment for staff....
- 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) David Cullinane: It states that it would result in a reduction of staffing requirements.
- 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) David Cullinane: On page 24, in reference to sick leave, it states that it has been alleged that under the overtime system there was an incentive for prison officers to "play the system" and that some prison officers took sick leave to boost the income of colleagues and vice versa. I am wondering why an allegation was included in this report. Our job is to examine facts and ventilate whether an allegation...
- 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) David Cullinane: I understand that but it is included in this report.
- 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) David Cullinane: I understand but it is quite unusual, in my view, to include an allegation in a report from the Comptroller and Auditor General's office.
- 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) David Cullinane: There is a reference made to an allegation. I am asking if that allegation was tested. Is it still an allegation or has it been proved that there were, as was said, prison officers playing the system?
- 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) David Cullinane: I thought that it was unusual for an allegation to be included in the report, even if it was referencing something else. That is my observation on it. The Accounting Officer is Mr. Waters. Can we go back to the first point I put to the Comptroller and Auditor General on the estimated saving of €31 million against the actual cash saving of €8 million? In the years...
- 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) David Cullinane: I understand all that but I have asked a direct question about FEMPI, so can that be answered first, please?
- 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) David Cullinane: From 2009 to 2014, what were the total FEMPI savings?
- 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) David Cullinane: Some €11 million came from FEMPI.
- 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) David Cullinane: That is not something the Department can claim credit for. I am going back to the expectation that we would achieve a saving of €31 million.
- 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) David Cullinane: What we are looking at are overall net figures and the total cost to the State. What I am pointing out is that many of the savings which were made on payroll were actually made by FEMPI cuts and not by any efficiencies or changes in work practices or overtime.
- 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) David Cullinane: I am not disputing that there were no clear savings because of those changes. What I am saying is that, in terms of the overall savings achieved, much of that was achieved as a result of FEMPI cuts, which had nothing to do with the Department. They were simply cuts that were introduced unilaterally. There were significant savings. Was it €13 million or €16 million?
- 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) David Cullinane: They were cash savings of €13 million. It is important to note that this had nothing to do with anything that was done-----