231 Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the evidence upon which he is implementing mandatory drug testing in prisons when the Scottish prison service has indicated it is cancelling its mandatory testing programme as MDT is not working, is encouraging rather than deterring heroin use among prisoners, is increasing tensions between staff and prisoners, and is discouraging drug users accessing drug treatment programmes. [18878/05]

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231 Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the evidence upon which he is implementing mandatory drug testing in prisons when the Scottish prison service has indicated it is cancelling its mandatory testing programme as MDT is not working, is encouraging rather than deterring heroin use among prisoners, is increasing tensions between staff and prisoners, and is discouraging drug users accessing drug treatment programmes. [18878/05]

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