Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It does in part. Obviously, a person who is a drug addict is in a different position from a person who is not but who is convicted of a serious offence. There should be some incentive or benefit for a drug addict in that the conviction should indicate that if he or she goes down the path towards trying to get treatment for their addiction they will get a lesser sentence or the prison will seek to facilitate them in overcoming their drug addiction.