Mr. Sean Garvey:

We announce our visits because we want as many residents as possible to be aware we are coming so that we can speak to them. We announce them for that purpose. As regards numbers, since our remit was clarified in April 2017, we have visited all of the centres, many of them a number of times. What we have done this year with the emergency centres is as soon as we become aware of the location of an emergency centre, we try to organise visits. Sometimes we tie them in for logistical reasons with visits to nearby permanent direct provision centres. The Deputy 's point about people expressing a fear of complaining has been made to us many times. However, on the basis of what we have seen when we have gone to the centres, we have no evidence of anyone being persecuted as a result of engaging with us.