I propose to take Questions Nos. 90 to 93, inclusive, together.
I am advised by the Irish Prison Service that the procedures for implementing disciplinary matters for Prison Officers is set out in the Statutory Instrument Prison (Disciplinary Code for Officers) Rules, 1996 as amended by Prison (Disciplinary Code for Officers) (Amendment) Rules 2009.
There is currently no officer suspended with pay whilst being investigated for misconduct. There is one officer who is suspended with pay but is not currently being investigated for misconduct. The following table sets out the number and nature of investigations being carried out into the misconduct of prison officers and the prisons in which they are employed.
Prison
|
Total
Ongoing Investigation
|
Lateness for duty
|
Unauthorised absence
|
Discreditable Conduct
|
False Statement
|
Breach of duty
|
Corrupt Practice
|
Breach of social media policy
|
Using undue force
|
Loss or misuse to property
|
Arbour Hill
|
23
|
1
|
20
|
1
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
Castlerea
|
3
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
2
|
|
Cork
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
Dochas
|
1
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mountjoy
|
3
|
|
2
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
St. Pat’s
|
4
|
|
|
1
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
|
Midlands
|
4
|
|
1
|
3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cloverhill
|
66
|
|
63
|
|
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
OSG
|
3
|
|
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
1
|
Limerick
|
8
|
|
|
5
|
1
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
PSEC
|
9
|
|
2
|
7
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Portlaoise
|
10
|
|
5
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
Wheatfield
|
31
|
|
26
|
|
4
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
166
|
1
|
120
|
21
|
7
|
6
|
3
|
2
|
5
|
1
|