Alan Dillon (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Absolutely. With regard to the scale of the task of screening, Mr. McCarthy previously mentioned that there were 3,500 international protection applicants yearly. That has increased to 11,000. The concern among communities is that we are not doing checks at the same level. What are we doing to alleviate concerns among communities given the number of migrants entering our country without adequate screening or safeguarding? Have the Department and Tusla put measures in place to respond to the concerns about child protection, trafficking, safeguarding and de-risking – the issues that nearly every community across Ireland will face?