Sean Aylward, Doubts about smoking ban
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News At One: Seán Aylward, Director General of the Prison Service & Gabriel Keaveney, President of the Irish Prison Officers' Association, discuss the situation
The Director of the Prison Service has said that while he wants the dangers of passive smoking eliminated from the prison service, he is in favour of a gradual elimination of smoking.
Speaking on RTE radio, Sean Aylward said that it was too much to expect prisoners to serve their time without smoking.
Mr Aylward said that an overnight ban on smoking in all enclosed parts of the prison would be very hard to enforce.
