John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein)

I thank the Deputy. I thank the witnesses for coming in. This is a piece of work that the committee had given priority to given the level of expenditure on both IPAS and beneficiaries of temporary protection. There are a lot more questions that need to be answered. There are huge concerns among the public about the level of expenditure. To go back to the core point I made earlier in respect of having a fair, efficient and enforced immigration system, this is not on the witnesses but there were failures at different levels which have added to the pressures that we have been experiencing. There have been different initiatives taken that have increased a draw factor to Ireland. I would be concerned in terms of the new proposal that all of the safeguards are not in place to ensure that does not add additional numbers. It may actually act as a draw factor.