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- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons (17 Jan 2019) Catherine Connolly: That is welcome. Ms McCaffrey does not need to justify the canteen facilities. However, she needs to deal with accountability in these matters. It does not only involve prisoners; there is a mix. The prisoners work in the kitchens and there are various advantages to that on many levels, but staff also eat there.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons (17 Jan 2019) Catherine Connolly: Ms McCaffrey stated this is managed by voluntary mess committees.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons (17 Jan 2019) Catherine Connolly: Are staff represented on those committees?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons (17 Jan 2019) Catherine Connolly: I am not interested in that. I am more interested in overall governance in this regard. I understand that the management of the Prison Service has been in contact with staff regarding governance but the information provided is nebulous. What does it mean to say that the staff were told about governance?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons (17 Jan 2019) Catherine Connolly: When did that take place?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons (17 Jan 2019) Catherine Connolly: Will there come a point in this process at which Ms McCaffrey will be satisfied with the governance measures in place? There have been issues. The Prison Service has been in contact with the committees. What will be the outcome of the process? What will satisfy Ms McCaffrey and, in turn, the committee?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons (17 Jan 2019) Catherine Connolly: The business process review is one thing. Ms McCaffrey has been in contact with the committees to tell them that they must comply with governance issues. That is very woolly. The fact that it has only been happening for the past 18 months is of concern, although it is welcome that it is happening. Ms McCaffrey wrote to the governors and the governors are represented on the mess committees.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons (17 Jan 2019) Catherine Connolly: Ms McCaffrey has reminded the governors that they have certain obligations.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons (17 Jan 2019) Catherine Connolly: Ms McCaffrey stated that a new code of ethics is in place.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons (17 Jan 2019) Catherine Connolly: When will that be done?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons (17 Jan 2019) Catherine Connolly: Was there previously a code of ethics?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons (17 Jan 2019) Catherine Connolly: I acknowledge that. The code of conduct will be published in the first quarter of this year.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons (17 Jan 2019) Catherine Connolly: This is the first such code within the Prison Service, so it is a major development.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons (17 Jan 2019) Catherine Connolly: I understand that. Politicians assure everyone that they are above board and accountable but there must always be an external system to ensure that is the case. What has emerged from various reports, that of Mr. Justice Charleton being the latest, is that institutions are simply incapable of holding a mirror up to themselves. We know that from issues involving Tusla, the Garda and...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons (17 Jan 2019) Catherine Connolly: When will that be in place?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons (17 Jan 2019) Catherine Connolly: I noted that.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons (17 Jan 2019) Catherine Connolly: I thank Mr. O'Driscoll. In regard to the cases about which questions have been asked, how many relate to sexual harassment, if any? How many reviews are under way by the Prison Service or the Department in regard to cases of sexual harassment or other matters or issues that have been raised by whistleblowers? How many investigations are under way? I am particularly interested in the...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons (17 Jan 2019) Catherine Connolly: The funding is from the Dormant Account Fund.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons (17 Jan 2019) Catherine Connolly: That is okay. I am out of time and would like Ms McCaffrey to respond to my two other questions. However, on that point, I asked about the Red Cross money. Who funds the Red Cross and who monitors the usage of that money?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons (17 Jan 2019) Catherine Connolly: So the money is from the Dormant Accounts Fund to the Red Cross.