Ms Sunniva McDonagh:

Many of the rights involved are human rights. The reason IHREC takes so seriously the issue of direct provision is that there are rights of bodily integrity and other human rights involved. Those rights ultimately can be vindicated if they have been breached. That would be the civil litigation route if it were shown that they were breached. Obviously there has to be a balance always in respect of the requirements of public health. We have made clear in our submission that many measures impact disproportionately on people in direct provision, Roma, Travellers, and people with disabilities. There is a particular onus to take account of what sort of measures might be appropriate for vulnerable people.