Noel Ahern (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)

This is what we are trying to do. Persons, whether inside or outside prison, are provided with the services and if somebody is released in a planned way, that service is provided. In the past the hiccups arose where somebody was released suddenly from prison due to overcrowding or the like, and the outside service was not in place. The position in that regard is better now and the Irish Prison Service is part of the IDG, from which we received a number of presentations. We are trying to provide the same services for drug misusers, both inside and outside prison.

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