Ciarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour)
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Are the witnesses concerned with the entirety of those operations or specific aspects? In his engagement with the committee, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Howlin, there was consideration of general Garda operational matters. It is not that he organisation would provide information regarding criminal investigations but rather statistical information etc.

There is a request that may help the committee. The witness referred to a parliamentary question. If Anti-Deportation Ireland has written to the Department of Justice and Equality or an Oireachtas agency, will the witnesses provide the correspondence and, more important, the type of replies from the various agencies? That would inform us about what could specifically be presented as evidence or information as we complete our submissions. The committee would appreciate that help, which might give us a better understanding of the difficulties seen by the witnesses.