Ms Caroline O'Reilly:

I am happy to address that. I run addiction and mental health clinics in the Dóchas Centre. My colleagues do so in Mountjoy and Wheatfield. It is no secret that prisons are really overcrowded. There are three in a room, one on the floor. That is very tight. It can lead to other complications or dynamics particularly in the women's prison because it is so small. On the mental health supports available, the prison probably relies heavily on external services that come in to support the women inside. Similarly with the men, they have core supports for addiction counselling within the prison but there are only so many staff. A client might report they are on a waiting list or they get to see the counsellor once a month, which is not adequate. It is not the service's fault, as such; it is just the resources are not available.