Neasa Hourigan (Dublin Central, Green Party)
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I have some questions for the Prison Service. My questions will be intensely practical because I am trying to understand how the prisons work with regard to testing, access to naloxone and the issue of the recent mass overdose. We heard from other contributors at this committee that there is always a struggle to get suitable testing on site for anything, whether it relates to festivals or a particular neighbourhood. I am trying to understand what the Prison Service has access to. Is it easy or acceptable for prisoners to seek testing, anonymously or otherwise? I know that is a strange place for the Prison Service to put itself, given the security issue. Can prisoners seek testing? Does the Prison Service have access to suitable testing facilities, services and labs? I know other groups do not. What happens afterwards if that testing happens and the Prison Service identifies something, although not necessarily through a very sad overdose?