Ms Una Doyle:

I thank Senator Ruane. She is absolutely right. Opportunities for restorative justice interventions for those who are convicted and imprisoned should be, and are, available. In my comments thus far, I focused very much on what is available within the context of the community because we are talking about antisocial behaviour and that tends to display in the community. Certainly, we have experience of and engaged in restorative justice interventions with people who are in prison who have committed offences some time ago and have served a significant part of a prison sentence, and that has involved victim-offender mediation. That is available and it is being delivered through the Prison Service with ourselves.