Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

How many of the 4,000 refugees have come here? I would like an update on the proposal to bring in 200 unaccompanied minors that were originally based in Calais. Last week, the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality stated that the French would identify young people as suitable to go to Ireland. What is meant by the term "suitable"?

I draw the Minister of State's attention to a comment made by Ms Fiona Finn, NASC. She said, speaking of feedback that NASC has received, that it is much easier to get a positive decision for a female, particularly a female Christian, that the cases of males are more challenging and that the majority of the decisions on new Muslim males are negative. She also said that this is never overt but, rather, covert. She claims it is a form of discrimination and that profiling is involved. I ask the Minister of State to respond to my points.