Lynn Ruane (Independent) | Oireachtas source

We have a shorter amount of time in this round, so we must be concise. We went from a question that referred to everyone having hope to the targeting of 10% of prisoners. I would like to put the hope back in for those 10% of prisoners, whom we are potentially discouraging from engaging with these programmes because they are imprisoned for particular reasons, to ensure we are not hypocritical in the context of what we said previously.

I have some other questions I hope we can get answers to. Will Ms McCreery or Ms Joyce, or both, elaborate on the drug policy mentioned, which is an area of great interest for me? I am interested in ideas such as the use of naloxone in the prison system and being able to teach prisoners how to use it. I wonder if the witnesses have a comment on this aspect.