Mr. Aidan O'Driscoll:

The Chairman makes an important point. There is also a high rate of homelessness in people going into prison. I have seen figures on that, although offhand I cannot quite remember them. The figure is something like 14% or 15% of people going into prison go from homelessness.

There is a commitment under the national Housing First policy for a Housing First project in which prisoners will be considered and funding has been provided for this for 2019. Some €500,000 has been provided under the Probation Service Vote for that initiative. The target is for 25 tenancies per annum for three years, amounting to a total of 75. It is not a large project.