Prison Service agrees review over financial catering matters

The IPS said it had 'accepted the recommendation' and that a tender for the proposed review was being finalised. File picture

The Irish Prison Service has agreed to an external review of its staff catering system after a consultants’ review identified significant failures of financial governance.

The newly-published report, by the Kosi Corporation consultancy, recommends that a high level review of the prisons’ Voluntary Mess Committees (VMC) be completed within 12 weeks so that “relevant recommendations in this report can be implemented as soon as possible”.