Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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Mr. O'Connell mentioned Mountjoy Prison. The training unit is being closed so that programme may not continue on its current basis. We have asked the Irish Prison Service and some of the other organisations about this. There is a lot of uncertainty about that programme, which is unfortunate. Even though they are trying to do something else that is positive, they are sacrificing something that is necessary. Do the witnesses have more detail about how the pilot project in Cork has worked in terms of the homeless officers and what the local authority engagement has been? I know from working with Coolmine in my area that Fingal County Council has tried to be proactive but in the context of the overall crisis, it has been very difficult to transition people into housing. Can anything positive be done on a legislative basis to transition people into a more certain place?