Ms Oonagh McPhillips:

I will come in on this point. Ms McCaffrey is right that the Prison Service does amazing work above and beyond the custodial piece. I agree with the Deputy about the whole-of-government approach, which has informed our work around community safety, and I agree it applies equally to those leaving prison. I will bring in Mr. O'Callaghan shortly because he has chaired a group across government that has been looking at this issue. He took over from Ruth Barrington, who did great work on this over a few years. There is a lot of inter-agency work, although I agree we could do more. I work very closely with my colleague in the HSE, Mr. Gloster, who was before the committee last week. He is very open and tuned in to the needs, and many of the people in prison have very complex and multiple needs. There is a lot on that.

The Deputy mentioned the Probation Service. We have increased the funding to the Probation Service for staffing and also for services to prisoners. We fund things like Cuan Mhuire, where people access services and treatment from the Probation Service post prison. There is a lot of work on that.

Mr. O'Callaghan might want to comment further on the whole-of-government effort.