Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank our guests for coming before the committee. I have many questions about prisons. The Joint Committee on Justice recently spoke to Ms McCaffrey and Mr. Black. It is good to see them again.

Much of what we have been talking about relates to the costs and benefits of the rehabilitation programmes and the emphasis on the rehabilitation of prisoners with a particular focus on libraries, education and access to education. The spending review for 2021, the Review of the Programme of Work and Training in the Irish Prison Service, was produced by Ms Caroline Finn.

It states it does not represent the official views of the Department or Minister for Justice, so I am not sure what its status is. Will Ms McCaffrey clarify its status?