Alan Farrell (Dublin North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I had the pleasure of visiting with the committee, Cork prison a couple of years ago. One could see the netting which had been installed there. I appreciate it is required because of the daily onslaught of attempts to bring contraband into our prisons. I am sure it is an extremely difficult job for prisoner officers to deal with. I read in a national publication recently about an individual who had been off drugs for a couple of years and had been in prison for a relatively minor offence and ended up being addicted to certain illicit materials. As it was anecdotal I do not expect the Minister to respond but, obviously, any work that can be done to reduce that would be welcome.