PAC recommends external probe into Prison Service account-keeping

Whistleblower, now retired prison officer Noel McGree at his home in Portlaoise. Picture: Moya Nolan

The Public Accounts Committee has agreed to recommend to justice minister Helen McEntee that she launch an external investigation into the standards of financial account-keeping at the Irish Prison Service.

The investigation, should it come to fruition, will aim to probe issues surrounding catering procurement within the Prison Service — issues first raised by the Comptroller and Auditor General in his report for 2019.