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Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Justice (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I have had parliamentary question responses which show quite significant variation between prisons in the number of days the schools are open within the prison. I see separately that the Minister of State talks about additional costs because of greater prisoner numbers but also the significant cost of transporting people to and from court, and the effect that has on staffing rosters and the...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Justice (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: There is a major capital carryover of €3.2 million. Was that expected? Was that under-profile or what is it?

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Justice (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I refer to the capital carryover of €3.2 million in the Prisons Vote. The Minister of State talked about the development of Limerick, which is great. I have visited the new Limerick Women's Prison. It is a positive development. It is a great building, but why was there a €3.2 million carryover when Cloverhill is under so much pressure and there is the opportunity to develop,...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Justice (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Appalling.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Justice (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Did the Department project that carryover or is that unexpected? Why does the Department have a carryover of that size? Was it that the Department could not expedite other projects or Limerick is behind? What is the reason for that scale of carryover relative to the Department's planning?

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Justice (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The redevelopment of some of the other projects is really very important. The Cloverhill remand project comes to mind. It is not the Minister of State, but I would be worried if the Department was not able to progress more than one project at a time. Clearly, one can be engaged in design of one project while completing the fit-out of Limerick Prison, which is very considerably advanced...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Justice (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank the Minister of State.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Justice (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I have a supplementary question on the prisons. Deputy Martin Kenny was speaking about addiction services. Going back to the issue of women's prisons, I refer to Dóchas. Obviously, Limerick caters for people who have much longer sentences primarily, even from Dublin. In Dóchas, there is a particular concern that the bulk of people who are there are suffering from sexual trauma,...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Justice (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: They have no money either. People do not leave money for the tuckshop either. I have spoken with the governor of Limerick Prison. I am also a member of the Committee of Public Accounts, and I do not ever want us to have a situation where we are criticising the governor for getting different types of products into the prison, whether period products, shampoo or different things like that,...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Justice (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank the Minister of State.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Justice (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Minister of State made some strong announcements that I very much support concerning the expansion of the Garda youth diversion programme and the consultation regarding 18- to 24-year-olds. He secured an additional €6 million or €7 million for Garda youth diversion projects. Some of that funding came from last year as well, but it looks to me like there is a budget of...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Justice (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Yes, that is it.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Justice (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I am sorry, did the Minister of State say €14 million, €6.7 million and €2.5 million? Was that it?

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Justice (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Yes.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Justice (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Okay. Yes.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Justice (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I am sorry.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Justice (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I agree with everything the Minister of State said. I am sorry for having raised a subject, Garda youth diversion projects, covered in the justice Vote, but I presume that juvenile liaison officers come under the Garda Vote. Let us continue.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Justice (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: One of the gaps or points of concern in this area is that the Garda Youth Diversion Bureau in Harcourt Square makes the decisions as to whether to prosecute young people or to put them on the youth diversion programme. In this regard, one of the concerns I have had for many years is that when a referral is made, whether it is for a welfare referral, an anger management course, a sexual...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Justice (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: They come through the Garda Síochána to the Minister's office and the Department, and then they are published.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Justice (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I note 92 trainee gardaí started in Templemore yesterday, which is welcome. There were difficulties with recruitment this year and there is underspending on that, which the Minister of State has accounted for. There are many different reasons for that to look at in the future. What is the plan for recruitment for next year to make sure we do not have that underspend? We do not...