David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)
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May I ask a question before we finish on subhead A8? One of the major issues at present, which we debated last night and will do so again tonight, is homelessness. A number of prisoners who leave prison may not have any place to stay or to live. We are aware of organisations such as Care After Prison, the Churchfield Community Trust in Cork and others around the country, who support prisoners. I am aware the Prison Service supports those organisations. Under the social disadvantage measures, can the Minister say anything about that issue, that is, prisoners coming out of prison who may be at risk of homelessness because they have nowhere to go and possibly no family connections and may end up on the street and back on the street again?