Mr. Vivian Geiran:

I will start with the community service projects and Ms Doyle can respond to the staffing issues. Mr. Dack can deal with the questions related to prisons.

We have community service programmes available across the country and a staff presence in every county. We are currently recruiting more probation officers and community service supervisors. We have always worked hard to maintain that availability of community service work across the country in all areas. Sometimes if we have a particularly high number of referrals, there might be some delay in getting people placed in projects. Our focus is always on having work available in a timely way so we can place people in work programmes as quickly as possible after the order.