Ms Fiona Finn:

First, on the NASC issue, we are based in Cork but we have a much broader remit. While our legal information service is mainly for people in the Cork and Munster regions, people do travel from other parts of the country, including Dublin, to access our services. In that sense, we have a national remit. We were on the working group for direct provision. Our focus is on the individuals who attend our clinics but also on the broader questions of national law and policy.

The next question was on Italy. My understanding was that the issue in Italy was almost resolved. That was the last I had heard. I believe security issues proved to be a stumbling block in the sense of determining who was responsible for the security screening. Questions arose as to who should carry out the screening, whether it would be sufficient for the Italians to do it or whether the Irish authorities needed to carry out additional screening. That is where the blockage was, or at least that is my information.