Ms Emily O'Reilly:

I thank Deputy Boyd Barrett for his nice comments at the start.

I agree with the Deputy on direct provision. There is an expression, "hiding in plain sight", and direct provision is one of those issues that is hiding in plain sight. He has probably read - I mentioned this here previously - a number of articles about what happens in those areas, which, as he probably will be aware, are not subject to inspection. All nursing homes and crèches are subject to inspection but these direct provision centres are not, and one must wonder why not.

Interestingly, I was doing some more research on this because RTE is doing a piece on it in the not too distant future and a particular court case in Northern Ireland recently was brought to my attention. I believe it was earlier this year but Mr. Butler can clarify this.