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Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: I may come back to that in a later round of questions. On the previous occasion our guests were before the committee, I pushed very heavily on the roll-out of the north inner city drug and alcohol task force. I welcome the announcement this week that John Costello is going to chair the implementation board in Ballymun. The witnesses will know that my next question is going to be about...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024)

...a Prison Service perspective, all our services are tailored to try to target the factors that gave rise to a person's offending behaviour in the first place. In many cases, they are addiction and drug use. People may come into contact with the criminal justice system because of their addiction, they may be stealing because of that addiction or they may be engaging in public order...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024)

Ms Caron McCaffrey: The benefit of having somebody in a custodial setting is that all the services he or she requires are in one place. There is healthcare, dentistry, psychology, psychiatry, drug treatment, education and work training. The whole gamut of services required to live a really good life is available. The difficulty is that because people have addictions and mental health...