Mr. Michael Donnellan:

They plan the programmes for prisoners in particular. They plan the release. The people who do not have those services are known to the Prison Service. The integrated sentence management officer can identify them and begin to put in place the supports. If a person is on methadone and is going to be released from prison, he is going to need a medical card and a script to collect methadone. Simple things like that are so important. We are now trying to introduce policies whereby we do not release people on Friday afternoon, Saturday or Sunday.