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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) Josepha Madigan: -----and we have to ensure that it does not happen again.
- 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) Josepha Madigan: The Irish Prison Service has its own inquiry going on.
- 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) Josepha Madigan: The Comptroller and Auditor General mentioned non-compliance regarding national procurement guidelines. I am not sure which page of the report this is on, but if one looks at the table for 2012 to 2015, in 2012, for example, there were ten instances at a cost of €959,300, and if one jumps to 2015, there were 38 incidents at a cost of over €7.9 million. That is effectively...
- 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) Josepha Madigan: What does Mr. Donnellan think is the non-compliance that the Comptroller and Auditor General-----
- 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) Josepha Madigan: Why were they not tendered out to the market?
- 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) Josepha Madigan: They are made by an existing supplier.
- 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) Josepha Madigan: Would it not be better-----
- 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) Josepha Madigan: However, surely it is not just one company that makes locks. I am just trying to see it from the committee's perspective. I am not saying that it is incorrect. However, in terms of transparency, I am being objective about it. If it is put out to tender, it is competitive and the Irish Prison Service can see what is the best value for money, because if it goes to the same supplier all the...
- 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) Josepha Madigan: I appreciate that. Is Mr. Donnellan saying that is one area of non-compliance that the Comptroller and Auditor General is referring to?
- 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) Josepha Madigan: What are the others? There are 38 for 2015.
- 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) Josepha Madigan: What does Mr. Donnellan mean by awarded?
- 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) Josepha Madigan: That has been rectified.
- 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) Josepha Madigan: There are 30 outstanding. We have dealt with eight. What are the other 30?
- 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) Josepha Madigan: Mr. Donnellan is saying that the Irish Prison Service has taken measures to minimise the level of non-compliance.
- 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) Josepha Madigan: Looking at it objectively, without apportioning blame, from 2012 to 2015 there was an increase of €7 million, which is substantial but the contracts have increased from ten to 38. There seem to have been no efforts to minimise it.
- 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) Josepha Madigan: Looking at these figures, however-----
- 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) Josepha Madigan: That is fine, but the witnesses need to keep that under review. I would not like to see it having gone up again when they return to the Committee on Public Accounts.
- 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) Josepha Madigan: The witnesses know that but I just wanted to point it out. Mr. Waters mentioned a new blueprint for Mountjoy and a consultative plan. When is that happening? It is important that it is done as soon as possible.
- 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) Josepha Madigan: Mr. Donnellan mentioned regional, smaller prisons. Why would we have those rather than the large prisons that are used in other countries?
- 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) Josepha Madigan: I appreciate that, but Mr. Donnellan mentioned there was a link between that and needing more prison staff.