Jim O'Keeffe (Cork South West, Fine Gael)

In the context of immigration legislation, perhaps I might raise with the Tánaiste the failure on the part of the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to provide information on the number of non-national prisoners released from prison whom he did or did not consider for deportation after their release. A new Bill has been promised, and I would like to raise the difficulty under present legislation whereby the Minister has either refused or failed to disclose information I have requested in the Dáil on six occasions in the past two months.

I know that the Tánaiste has had difficulty with the same Minister. Getting information from him is like trying to extract teeth from a hen.

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