Parliamentary Question: Prison Services
6th November 2003
162 - 171. Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if representatives from his Department or the Irish Prison Service have visited facilities or services owned or operated by a company (details supplied); if so, the locations and dates on which; and if he will make a statement on the outcome of such visits. [25985/03]
Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform (Mr. McDowell): I propose to take Questions Nos. 162 to 171, inclusive, together.
Representatives from my Department visited Securicor at Sutton near London on 7 February 2000 and Group 4 at Broadway, Worcester, UK on 8 February 2000 on an operational information gathering basis. No further contact was made following the visits. No visits have been made to the other organisations listed.\
