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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (5 May 2022)

Imelda Munster: 205. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of senior investigating officers; the total full-time equivalent of each divisional protective service unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22467/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (5 May 2022)

Imelda Munster: 206. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of senior investigating officers; the total full-time equivalent of each child protection unit 2017 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22468/22]

Rising Rental Costs: Motion [Private Members] (4 May 2022)

Imelda Munster: People are languishing on council housing waiting lists for decades. People cannot afford to rent. People are getting eviction notices-----

Rising Rental Costs: Motion [Private Members] (4 May 2022)

Imelda Munster: -----and people cannot afford to buy. The Minister sits there and has the cheek to be arrogant with us for putting forward solutions.

Rising Rental Costs: Motion [Private Members] (4 May 2022)

Imelda Munster: It would answer him better to adopt some of the solutions. Perhaps our solutions might be able to solve the crisis the Minister and his buddies in government have created.

Rising Rental Costs: Motion [Private Members] (4 May 2022)

Imelda Munster: The Minister was getting tetchy when my colleague, Deputy O'Brien-----

Rising Rental Costs: Motion [Private Members] (4 May 2022)

Imelda Munster: -----was calling him out on his figures and his so-called delivery. I suppose the Minister was getting frustrated that the Deputy was doing that. If he finds that frustrating, I dare him visit every town and village throughout this State. He will see that there are homeless people, people languishing on housing lists, people who cannot afford to rent and people who cannot afford to buy....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (4 May 2022)

Imelda Munster: 85. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the mechanism by which full-time residents in mobile home parks who pay for electricity calculated by individual non-ESBN meters through their mobile home park operator will receive the electricity rebate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21885/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (4 May 2022)

Imelda Munster: 170. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to provide support and stimulus to the tourism industry in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22337/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (4 May 2022)

Imelda Munster: 531. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff members who are working from home on both a part-time and full-time basis in each of the following hospitals Connolly Hospital, Our Lady of Lourdes Drogheda and Beaumont Hospital. [22240/22]

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice
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
Vote 24 - Justice
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
Vote 24 - Justice
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
Vote 24 - Justice
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
Vote 24 - Justice
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
Vote 24 - Justice
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
Vote 24 - Justice
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
Vote 24 - Justice
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
Vote 24 - Justice
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
Vote 24 - Justice
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.