Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)

In that regard, will the Minister look again at the EU directive on minimum standards for the reception of asylum seekers - it may be directive 2039 - which deals with many of the issues he has just outlined? It also deals with an issue raised in the previous question, that if the State does not make a decision within a certain timeframe, certain steps will be taken to deal with that. Many of the issues are dealt with in the directive and I urge the Minister and the Department to look at it again because we have not opted into it yet.

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