Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

That is not to say that those that are not safe, from which people are genuinely fleeing persecution, famine or war - we have to accept they come from an unsafe situation and they need to be looked after accordingly but I would question that. I propose that we ask if it looks at countries on a regionalised basis. Countries that are very vast may have an unsafe area but up to 70% or 80% of the country may be very safe. I propose that we put that request into the Department. Is that agreed? Agreed. We will send correspondence to Ms McPhillips on that. In the meanwhile, we will note and publish this correspondence.

That concludes correspondence. We will move on to the work programme, which members have in front of them. Drafts have been circulated to members. The discussion document is displayed on their screens. Next week, 30 May, we will meet the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board in relation to the 2022 financial statements. Representatives of the Department of Health and the HSE have also been invited to attend. There is a gap of a week and on 13 June, we will engage with the Office of Public Works in relation to Vote 13. Representatives from the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth have also been invited to attend in relation to modular housing for Ukrainian beneficiaries of temporary protection. It is an area of interest of the committee. It has been flagged.

On 20 June 2024 - this will deal with the issue from earlier - we will engage with the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board in relation to the 2022 financial statements. Representatives of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and Horse Racing Ireland have also been invited to attend. There is an opportunity, if members want, to schedule Horse Racing Ireland to look at its accounts later in the year, if members want to do that separately. We can put that on the list of possibilities. Do members wish to do that?