Irish Prisons Service paid €5.6m to company outside of public spending laws

The deal for facilities management services in Ireland’s prisons with LMC FM, a company with offices in Dublin and Tipperary, was finalised in July 2020. The contract is due to last seven years.

The Irish Prisons Service paid €5.6 million in 2020, in a deal outside of public spending laws, to a company with whom previous prisons deals had prompted an ongoing external investigation.

The deal for facilities management services in Ireland’s prisons with LMC FM, a company with offices in Dublin and Tipperary, was finalised in July 2020. The contract is due to last seven years.