Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 8 March 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Penal Reform: Discussion (Resumed)

9:00 am

Photo of Jack ChambersJack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

How do we balance their real, raw stories against the comment that prison is the ideal environment for people to get proper rehabilitation, particularly if rehabilitation is only now becoming a priority in the Prison Service in the context of the budgetary allocation? Does Mr. Donnellan think the current budgetary allocation is sufficient, given that the training unit in Mountjoy is closing? Are we doing our best, in terms of the current allocations, to provide rehabilitation for prisoners?

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