Mr. Brian Purcell:

To make a general point on that, if a family or parent with children is refused leave to land here because they have no status in this country and if they do not claim asylum and it is not possible to return them immediately, provision can be made by a community welfare officer, through the homeless service, for emergency accommodation if needed. However, we do not accommodate individual families which do not have any status or permission to be in this State. I will check this matter out and will get back to the Deputy on it.