Mr. Michael Donnellan:

In Cork Prison, for example, the prisoners are from Cork, Kerry and Waterford. All the people from those counties want to be in Cork Prison. They do not want to be in the midlands or Dublin. People from the midland region want to be in Portlaoise. People from Limerick and Galway want to be in Limerick. They do not want to be displaced where their families have to travel in trains and buses. On the issue of breaking the family links, we know there is intergenerational offending when it comes to people in prisons, and fathers and sons will follow. We have to break that.