Terry Leyden (Fianna Fail)

-----and that he will impress on him the effectiveness of this House. I leave it up to yourselves because I will not have an opportunity, unfortunately.

I ask the Leader to arrange a debate in the next session on the prison service. I wish to express my solidarity with the prison officers at Castlerea Prison. The two Romanian nationals took advantage of the attitude of trust and the fact that they were in the Grove which is not a high security area. These are old houses which remain from the time it was a hospital. It also housed the republican prisoners. They respected the fact that this was a low security area and did not break that trust. This escape has been a betrayal of the trust and the quality of treatment in that area of the prison to prisoners of all persuasions, including politicians. My solidarity is with the officers who are providing an excellent service in this low security area in Castlerea. The prison provides excellent employment in the area and the project was approved by the Fianna Fáil-Labour Government. I hope that despite the result of this betrayal of trust, this excellent facility will be retained in Castlerea and that it will not become a high security area.