Ms Heather O'Shea:

At the moment, we are funded for just one project worker. It is a part-time role. We are also funded for a part-time practical family support worker. We are seeing a level of need in the prisons at the moment. Even in the Dóchas Centre, we are operating a waiting list for one-to-one support. Although some of the women are serving more lengthy sentences, it is the women who are serving shorter sentences who may be on the waiting list. We will work with them on their release rather than when they are in prison, which allows us to do an intensive piece of work. Our need is for more workers. I have had conversations with different community organisations and the Probation Service which is working with Traveller fathers. It is about them understanding the impact that having a father in prison can have on the whole family and the impact of reoffending and all that goes with it. There is a need to run the service another-----