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- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons (17 Jan 2019) Jonathan O'Brien: And they get two hours out of their cells.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons (17 Jan 2019) Jonathan O'Brien: How many prisoners would be in solitary confinement due to medical advice?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons (17 Jan 2019) Jonathan O'Brien: Who would make that recommendation?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons (17 Jan 2019) Jonathan O'Brien: So for those 20 to 30 people, without putting words in Ms McCaffrey's mouth, a prison setting is not ideal. They should be in the Central Mental Hospital.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons (17 Jan 2019) Jonathan O'Brien: My next question is on the difference in services available in a prison setting as opposed to a hospital setting. Is there any service that these individuals do not get in a prison setting that they may be able to avail of if they were in the Central Mental Hospital?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons (17 Jan 2019) Jonathan O'Brien: What about psychological services? What about access to psychiatrists or psychologists?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons (17 Jan 2019) Jonathan O'Brien: I do not doubt that for one moment. It would also be fair to say that the staff would not have the training that the staff in the Central Mental Hospital would have in dealing with these individuals.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons (17 Jan 2019) Jonathan O'Brien: Would it be possible for Ms McCaffrey to forward a note to the committee on the number of prisoners who are in solitary confinement for mental health reasons, and a breakdown of the locations whether it is Cork, Dublin, Limerick or whatever?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons (17 Jan 2019) Jonathan O'Brien: Could the length of time that the prisoners are in prison be broken down into less than three months, less than 12 months etc.? Out of curiosity, does Ms McCaffrey know what is the longest length of time that a prisoner has been in solitary confinement for mental health reasons?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons (17 Jan 2019) Jonathan O'Brien: How much time have I left?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons (17 Jan 2019) Jonathan O'Brien: I notice that the opiate programme has seen a decrease in the number of people who are accessing it but we have seen an increase in the number of people who are accessing addiction counselling. Is the opiate substitution programme available in all prisons?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons (17 Jan 2019) Jonathan O'Brien: So the opiate programme obviously will deal with heroin addiction. An increasing number of people have a serious addiction to prescription drugs when they enter prison. What provisions are put in place for those individuals? Obviously they would not avail of an opiate programme. If one has a serious prescription addiction the come-down or going cold turkey in a prison or any other setting...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons (17 Jan 2019) Jonathan O'Brien: That is just in Mountjoy Prison but if someone with a serious addiction comes into Cork Prison, what is put in place for that individual?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons (17 Jan 2019) Jonathan O'Brien: People have to go cold turkey straight away, they cannot, for example, be weaned off their prescription drugs. If a person has a serious addiction to Xanax, D5s or D10s, there is no step-down facility in place to wean him or her off that once he or she comes into a prison setting,. It is a case of cold turkey and counselling.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons (17 Jan 2019) Jonathan O'Brien: I appreciate that.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons (17 Jan 2019) Jonathan O'Brien: It is based on clinical need.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons (17 Jan 2019) Jonathan O'Brien: Which means they could be in solitary confinement for years upon years.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons (17 Jan 2019) Jonathan O'Brien: It was not just in Mountjoy.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons (17 Jan 2019) Jonathan O'Brien: I will ask some brief questions. Has the family links programme been rolled out in all prisons? If the witnesses do not have the answer to hand, they can provide it to the committee subsequently. Last year, the programme was rolled out in a number of prisons, with the aim of having it rolled out across all prisons this year. If the witnesses find the information before the end of the...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons (17 Jan 2019) Jonathan O'Brien: I wish to ask about two other matters, the first of which is work and training participation. According to the service's 2017 annual report, the capacity was put at approximately 70%, which means a good bit of capacity remains available within the prison system. The participation rates are only 24% or 25%. What steps are being taken to encourage greater participation, given that we have...