Sharon Keogan (Independent)
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The Minister is welcome and I am delighted to be able to speak to him. I would like a copy of the data protection impact assessment statement and all records that the Minister is holding and is the data controller of, if that is possible. The Minister says the final report is under review by the Department. Why is it under review? What will be published and what will be amended in that report before publication?

While I welcome the programme for Government statement on ending direct provision, has the Government just put a fancy new name on it with "international protection accommodation"? There are currently 7,000 people in direct provision accommodation and 30% of those are children. We need about 3,000 homes just to deal with the people in direct provision at this time. I do not want this to be renamed "international protection accommodation", if that is what the Minister calls ending direct provision.

Has the Minister left?