Katherine Zappone (Independent)
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Let me finish this question because I do not want to hold up the committee. Given the fact that we do have direct provision, do we need extra services in addition to what is already provided in order to implement the plan effectively? As I read it, the Department of Justice and Equality is saying that its responsibility is to promote awareness of and reasonable access to services, as distinct from additional or more appropriate services.

Women who come from conflict zones may have been traumatised and violated. If their applications to reside here are unsuccessful and they have to return to those war zones, are there any guidelines governing that process? Is the fact that they are returning to where they were violated, incompatible with the implementation of the national action plan?