Marc Ó Cathasaigh (Waterford, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

Another issue I wish to flag, which was raised within the committee's report, is there is no access to educational psychologists for inmates if they have a learning difficulty. In a lot of cases an unidentified learning difficulty distances somebody from their education system. If they become distanced from their education system their likelihood of ending up in prison is far higher. It is a place where we should be advocating more resources for. When people are in prison for a prolonged period of time that is certainly the opportunity. There is not a question in that in a sense, because it is more for ourselves.