Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

It is before the courts for consideration. Will the Minister make arrangements to remove immigrants who are routinely detained for technical or logistical reasons from the prison system, given the fact that they are not being detained in prison circumstances for any crimes and that their presence there is unacceptable? A body of people across all of the areas that I have indicated is inflating prison numbers. The Government should take the key step of ensuring that people should not be inappropriately placed in prison.

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