Mary Henry (Independent)

I support Senator Terry's call for a debate on prisons. I was also at the meeting in the women's prison in Mountjoy. There appears to be a one-man policy on prisons and prison building. We should have a debate on this issue early in the next session, if the Leader will organise it, and also on the proposals of the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform for the Central Mental Hospital. These are serious issues and it appears that all decisions about them are being made by one person.