Committee of Public Accounts to discuss C&AG’s 2019 accounts with Department of Justice and Irish Prison Service

Tomorrow, Wednesday, 9 December, the meeting at 4.30pm in Committee Room 3 of Leinster House will discuss the Appropriation Accounts 2019 Vote 24 - Justice and Equality.

The following day, Thursday, 10 December, the Committee will meet at 11.30am in the same venue to discuss the Appropriation Account 2019 Vote 21 Prisons and Chapter 7: Catering and ancillary services in prisons from the C&AG’s 2019 report.

The C&AG, Seamus McCarthy, will attend both meetings, as will the Secretary General, Oonagh McPhillips, and officials from the Department. Officials from the Irish Prison Service led by the Director General, Caron McCaffrey, will attend the meeting on Thursday.

Deputy Catherine Murphy, Vice-Chair of the PAC, said: “The Committee welcomes this opportunity to meet with the Secretary General and the Director General and their colleagues to examine the Justice and Prisons votes. It is important that taxpayers see how public money is spent and the Committee looks forward to discussing these accounts and the matters raised by the C&AG regarding catering and ancillary services in prisons.”

The PAC is a standing committee of Dáil Éireann which focuses on ensuring public services are run efficiently and achieve value for money.

Both meetings in Committee Room 3 can be viewed live on Oireachtas TV.

Committee proceedings can also be viewed on the Houses of the Oireachtas Smartphone App, available for Apple and Android devices.