Alan Farrell (Dublin North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank Ms Joyce and Fr. McFlynn for coming before us. This is not really an area in which I had a great deal of knowledge so I thank them for the correspondence, which I read with interest. I did some research this morning on IPP, as it is the main stumbling block for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Department of Justice and Equality. If individuals are determined to be too dangerous to be released following sentences in the UK, what kinds of crime are involved? The witnesses mentioned a dozen or so individuals eligible for repatriation in what I presume is another arrangement with the UK or other countries. We must be specific as we are talking about a tiny minority who in this instance are imprisoned in Britain.