Emer Currie (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank Mr. Culbert, Mr. Quigley and Mr. O'Hagan for coming and making their presentations today. I have a question on the funding. The funding that the witnesses have received is limited. The witnesses talked about the barriers. In regard to other things the witnesses do, they are advocates but how do they support ex-prisoners? What services do they provide that the funding would go towards, as well as towards the advocacy carried out today? If the funding has been so limited, where does funding come from at the moment? When they talk about the intergenerational effect, I presume they are talking about the effect on children up until they become adults. How does it work that it is carried on to the next generation? These are just technical questions. The witnesses have explained a great deal today and now I am looking to get the full picture.