Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

There are many other questions we would like to pose and tease out with the witnesses. Unfortunately, the clock is going to beat me. There were themes running through all of the questions and contributions. Some words recurred. Mr. Donnellan referred himself to "cut, cut, cut" but what I heard on this side was "drugs, drugs, drugs". There are so many areas we have not had the opportunity to address. If it is within the witnesses' gift to offer any additional information in a written submission subsequent to the meeting, I would be very interested to hear about work and education opportunities within prisons. These are words that have not come into our dialogue this morning, which concerns me. Sport and recreation are others. I would be very concerned if we were driven into a particular set of focuses rather than to look at the whole subject holistically. These are essential areas to address which, unfortunately, the ticking clock will not allow me to get to. I will not even give myself the opportunity to add an addendum at this point. If the witnesses could offer a written precis of these services currently, it would be greatly appreciated.

My final task relates to the group photo. That is why we have such a great attendance this morning. Members love getting their photographs taken with visiting representatives. Deputy Wallace even got a new perm this morning. We like to include each of the participating witness groups in our reports. The photographer for the Houses of the Oireachtas is outside to take a picture and I invite the witnesses to join us for that.

Before suspending the meeting for five minutes to attend to that photograph, I thank on behalf of the committee the witnesses and their colleagues for their contributions this morning. I found them hugely informative, very interesting and encouraging in terms of wanting to learn more.