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Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons
Chapter 7 – Catering and Ancillary Services in Prisons (10 Dec 2020)

Catherine Murphy: Is a follow-up done as part of the controls?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons
Chapter 7 – Catering and Ancillary Services in Prisons (10 Dec 2020)

Catherine Murphy: On the issue of protected disclosures, there are quite a number of them, both for the Department of Justice and the Prison Service, and I had a reply to a parliamentary question on the issue. When those protected disclosures are completed, irrespective of whether the findings are fully found, partially found or dismissed, what is the follow-up in terms of the learning? Is that shared?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons
Chapter 7 – Catering and Ancillary Services in Prisons (10 Dec 2020)

Catherine Murphy: Realistically, whistleblower legislation is always going to be very difficult. It is always going to be difficult for somebody to go back to work if he or she has disclosed something. What systems are put in place to protect the person? Is there a system that involves some degree of mediation? As I said, this is not exclusive to the Prison Service or the Department of Justice but it...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons
Chapter 7 – Catering and Ancillary Services in Prisons (10 Dec 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I have had several people say to me, "I just want to go back to my life. I just want my job to be as it was before." That is a failure of governance as well because-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons
Chapter 7 – Catering and Ancillary Services in Prisons (10 Dec 2020)

Catherine Murphy: We will go back to the members for another round. Deputy Munster has five minutes.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons
Chapter 7 – Catering and Ancillary Services in Prisons (10 Dec 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I suggest we bring in the Comptroller and Auditor General, who has quite a bit of oversight in respect of changes and the deficiencies. He might give us some of his thoughts as to what has-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons
Chapter 7 – Catering and Ancillary Services in Prisons (10 Dec 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I am conscious we have a very small number here. We will come back to that at the very end of the meeting.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons
Chapter 7 – Catering and Ancillary Services in Prisons (10 Dec 2020)

Catherine Murphy: We will have to wrap this up soon because I have to allow Deputy Cormac Devlin to comment.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons
Chapter 7 – Catering and Ancillary Services in Prisons (10 Dec 2020)

Catherine Murphy: We are limited to two hours for this hearing.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons
Chapter 7 – Catering and Ancillary Services in Prisons (10 Dec 2020)

Catherine Murphy: We are very tight on time. Deputy MacSharry might put that question in writing so that what we are looking for is absolutely clear.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons
Chapter 7 – Catering and Ancillary Services in Prisons (10 Dec 2020)

Catherine Murphy: There is a fundamental disagreement here.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons
Chapter 7 – Catering and Ancillary Services in Prisons (10 Dec 2020)

Catherine Murphy: We will have to conclude pretty soon. We have a two-hour timeframe. We have a proposal to write to the Minister for Justice. We have to be very specific about what we are writing about. We might accept that the Inspector of Prisons might not be the appropriate person to nominate as an investigator.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons
Chapter 7 – Catering and Ancillary Services in Prisons (10 Dec 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I am also conscious that there are not many members present at this hearing.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons
Chapter 7 – Catering and Ancillary Services in Prisons (10 Dec 2020)

Catherine Murphy: That is true. Does Deputy Munster wish to put her query in writing?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons
Chapter 7 – Catering and Ancillary Services in Prisons (10 Dec 2020)

Catherine Murphy: We will address it on Wednesday then, if we agree to do it.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons
Chapter 7 – Catering and Ancillary Services in Prisons (10 Dec 2020)

Catherine Murphy: Is it agreed that we write to the Minister for Justice? Agreed. The clerk has picked up on the specific points. I acknowledge the work that has been done, particularly during the Covid pandemic. There was a good relationship between prisoners and prison staff on this, which certainly helped in establishing a model in relation to how to contain the virus. I thank the witnesses for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments (10 Dec 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 29. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the authority that judges apply to in respect of judicial appointments to the highest court; if she will provide a schedule of the persons that are to be informed that a judge has declared an interest and or applied for the appointment; the details of the persons; and the way in which applications are evaluated. [39123/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Welfare (10 Dec 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 72. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to a report by the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment in respect of the Irish prison system; if she has engaged with the prison governor in charge of the prison and other senior Irish Prison Service management; and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments (10 Dec 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 75. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which she informed all relevant Ministers of proposals to make a judicial appointment in respect of a person (details supplied); the Ministers she informed; the means by which she communicated her intention; and if she included a schedule of other interested parties as part of the appointment process. [39122/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Ministerial Meetings (10 Dec 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 312. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will meet with a person (details supplied). [42580/20]