Arthur Spring
Question:824. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the options available to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry in regard to a transfer request within the Prison Service. [46958/13]
View answerTuesday, 5 November 2013
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I am advised by the Director General of the Irish Prison Service that internal transfers of prison staff take place when necessary to fill vacancies arising in prisons. An officer who wishes to transfer to another prison or institution completes an official transfer application form and submits it to the Governor of his or her institution who signs it and sends it to the Staff and Corporate Services Directorate at Irish Prison Service Headquarters for placement on the relevant transfer list. Officers are transferred as the need arises on the basis of seniority. I understand that the person (details supplied) has submitted an official transfer application form and is on the transfer lists for Cork and Limerick Prisons.
I am also informed that the Irish Prison Service grants temporary transfers in exceptional cases, however these are granted strictly on a temporary basis and do not confer any right to a permanent transfer to the preferred location.