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- Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
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Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin (5 Nov 2015) John Deasy: Sure.
- Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
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Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin (5 Nov 2015) John Deasy: That is a pretty amazing comment. Mr. Martin is telling me that the Department's view is that the Judiciary did not view burglary as a serious offence.
- Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
Vote 21: Prisons
Vote 24: Department of Justice and Equality
Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin (5 Nov 2015) John Deasy: I know what the District Court does.
- Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
Vote 21: Prisons
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Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin (5 Nov 2015) John Deasy: Without pointing a finger, what Mr. Martin is effectively saying is that the Judiciary has not taken this as seriously as it should have done and things are coming to a head in this country when it comes to burglary and recidivism.
- Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
Vote 21: Prisons
Vote 24: Department of Justice and Equality
Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin (5 Nov 2015) John Deasy: That is what Mr. Martin did say but go on anyway.
- Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
Vote 21: Prisons
Vote 24: Department of Justice and Equality
Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin (5 Nov 2015) John Deasy: It has nothing to do with the DPP. These are processes that happen well before the DPP.
- Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
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Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin (5 Nov 2015) John Deasy: Fair enough.
- Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
Vote 21: Prisons
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Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin (5 Nov 2015) John Deasy: I understand that. The witnesses brought it up. I did not but I will ask them a couple of questions on the topic they raised.
- Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
Vote 21: Prisons
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Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin (5 Nov 2015) John Deasy: Go ahead.
- Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
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Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin (5 Nov 2015) John Deasy: What Mr. Waters is saying very clearly is that if an individual who is a reoffender applies for bail, a judge could deny that application and there would not be an issue with regard to incarcerating that individual.
- Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
Vote 21: Prisons
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Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin (5 Nov 2015) John Deasy: Mr. Waters is saying that this would not be the case.
- Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
Vote 21: Prisons
Vote 24: Department of Justice and Equality
Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin (5 Nov 2015) John Deasy: I am just saying the capacity is there when it comes to that aspect of it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
Vote 21: Prisons
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Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin (5 Nov 2015) John Deasy: That would affect the prison population.
- Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
Vote 21: Prisons
Vote 24: Department of Justice and Equality
Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin (5 Nov 2015) John Deasy: My sense is that if that policy changed, the public would have absolutely no problem spending the money. One might be talking about Thornton Hall then. Mr. Waters brought up the issue of burglary. In recent days it was announced that €5 million of public money was going into Operation Thor. When I heard that, I wondered where this money will go. Will it be allocated for...
- Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
Vote 21: Prisons
Vote 24: Department of Justice and Equality
Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin (5 Nov 2015) John Deasy: I wish to make a small statistical observation. In any given month in Dublin, the overtime bill for An Garda Síochána could be about €2 million. A sum of €5 million will not solve anything when it comes to overtime. When I look at the overtime figures for about six or seven years ago and compare them with today's figures, I can see that €5 million will...
- Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
Vote 21: Prisons
Vote 24: Department of Justice and Equality
Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin (5 Nov 2015) John Deasy: I know that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
Vote 21: Prisons
Vote 24: Department of Justice and Equality
Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin (5 Nov 2015) John Deasy: Absolutely.
- Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
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Vote 24: Department of Justice and Equality
Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin (5 Nov 2015) John Deasy: I have all heard all that before, and that is fine. I understand the constraints, where the budgets have gone, by how much they have dipped and so on. Mr. Waters has answered the questions. That money is going to overtime and into those labour-intensive investigations.
- Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
Vote 21: Prisons
Vote 24: Department of Justice and Equality
Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin (5 Nov 2015) John Deasy: Where is it going? Is it going to those areas that have seen increases in burglaries?
- Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
Vote 21: Prisons
Vote 24: Department of Justice and Equality
Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin (5 Nov 2015) John Deasy: Mr. Waters will find out where the money has been spent. The Garda Commissioner will tell him where the money is spent.