I wish to inform the Deputy that the correspondence referred to was received in my Department on 25 April 2017.
A preliminary assessment of the anonymous correspondence took place under my Department's Protected Disclosure Policy. This assessment determined that an element of the allegation contained in the correspondence required further review under the policy. This review is currently being undertaken.
A number of other matters referred to in the correspondence are being reviewed and investigated internally by the Irish Prison Service.
As the review and investigation are currently ongoing it would not be appropriate for me to comment further at this time