Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

As Deputy Martin Kenny will be well aware, this was the subject of a fine report by Mr. Justice McMahon, commissioned by the previous Government. The Government today considered a report in respect of child care from the rapporteur, Dr. Shannon, that contained 97 recommendations, one of which is that direct provision should be abolished. I would make the point to the Deputy that the Minister of State at the Department of Justice and Equality, Deputy Stanton, who has done an extensive amount of work in this area, has been visiting all of the direct provision centres. Obviously, this requires a strategy and a process by which people who come here as refugees or asylum seekers, who have in the past been sent to direct provision facilities, be given the best level of attention that we can give them, as refugees and asylum seekers.

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