Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 29 March 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality
Penal Reform: Simon Communities of Ireland
9:00 am
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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I will ask a final couple of questions.
In her introduction, Ms Randall made reference to a point I wish to check because it differed from that in the circulated text of her address. We will be drawing on all the presentations in producing our report. Paragraph 1.2, on the links between prison and homelessness, of the submission states, "Thirty-five percent of prisoners experiencing homelessness on committal were diagnosed as having a mental health disorder". She did not mention in the course of her oral address the little addendum to this, namely, that "two thirds had been hospitalised in a psychiatric institution". Is there a question mark over this? Did Ms Randall purposely exclude it?