Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)

I will answer them as quickly as I can. On airline fines, I will have to forward the Senator that information. I do not have it to hand.

In terms of gardaí in trafficking units, there is a unit within An Garda Síochána that deals with human trafficking. I have been out to see them in their location. They do excellent work. There is also a very significant section within the Garda that deals with deportation orders.

In terms of Thornton Hall, the long-term plan there is to develop it for a prison as was originally planned 20 years ago but there are no plans for an IPAS centre at present.

Unaccompanied minors is an issue that is obviously for Tusla to determine and Tusla has a big involvement in that. In terms of the new legislation that I am introducing, the Senator will see that it contains a new provision which deals with age verification when there is some dispute as to whether the applicant is a minor or not.

As for whether the private companies are impacting the housing crisis, I do not believe they are. Many of the units are not units where people could live in the long term. They are fairly spartan, notwithstanding their cost. They are rooms that you would not have long-term accommodation in and that is why I think they probably are not impacting the housing crisis.