Gareth Scahill (Fine Gael)

I thank the Minister of State very much. It is interesting to hear there has been no change to that, but I welcome the additional court staff. I am looking at a newspaper cutting from 2020 with the headline "Harristown courthouse makes history as video-link installed for hearings". It was celebrated at the time. Obviously, we were dealing with a situation where we were trying to stop the spread of Covid-19 at the time. However, for some of these travels, I would hope that the videolink system could be used more to reduce the number of sittings that are required for people travelling and, with the additional judges, I hope that can be looked at. If the Minister was here, I was going to acknowledge response he gave on Monday, 8 September, to Deputy O'Flynn regarding the national development plan and what the Government was planning to continue to invest in the prison services, which included additional investment for additional spaces in Castlerea Prison.I would have thus expected the facilities in Castlerea to have been used more given the increased capacity. I thank the Minister of State very much for his response.