Mr. Jim Ryan:

On the forensic service, forensic staff carry out 4,000 screenings of remand prisoners every year. Every prisoner who is remanded is assessed from a psychological and mental health perspective. One of the issues we have is that there is no legislation in place for what is known as the court diversion scheme. Recommendation 15.1.2 of A Vision for Change requires the introduction of legislation to enable to do this in a more formal way. We are doing it somewhat informally and we divert people who do not need to come into the prison system but may need to be more connected with the mental health service. I hope that answers the question.

On Senator Devine's question on seven-day services, I will circulate the information to the Senator as I do not have the list with me. I will send a list of all the teams to the Senator.