Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 18 May 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community

Traveller Employment and Labour Market Participation: Discussion (Resumed)

Ms Anne Costello:

From what I hear, Wheatfield has very good training resources. Unfortunately, although prison staff are allocated to training, if a security emergency arises anywhere else, it is the first element shut down. Even if somebody must be escorted to hospital or court, a training workshop for woodwork might be the first area to be cut. Security must be a prison's priority. Unfortunately, that is what happens. Many people in prison tell me they never get access to training.