Mr. Mark McGoldrick:

I thank the Deputy for his questions. On accessibility, we have a mixture of older prisons and some newer developments. We have spent a lot of time over the past 20 years modernising access in our older buildings, in terms of wheelchair accessibility, ramps and so on.

In terms of accessibility, where services are required we focus on locating people with accessibility needs on the ground floor of our buildings. We are actively modernising any new builds, developments or refurbishments and always look at the building regulations. Even though we were outside of some of the confines of the Building Control Act, we use it as a template for modernising. It is an ongoing development. We have made significant gains over the past number of years, in particular in older prisons. We need to bear in mind that some of the sites have heritage titles, which create limitations. We have to treat things with sensitivity in terms of a reasonable approach to security and access.