Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am keen to ensure national best practice in our prison system. I acknowledge over recent times the manner in which single-cell accommodation in Mountjoy, for example, has become a thing of the past. I am keen to ensure that will be the case right throughout the prison system. We can move towards a position where solitary confinement can be something that is very much of necessity but against the background of having regard to the needs of individual prisoners and their own safety.