Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It would shock me that there would be people counting the days, although not everyone has the Deputy's uniquely creative approach to issues. I mean that as a compliment.

Compliance is taken seriously by the Minister for children and his Department. There is no doubt that there has been an unprecedented increase. Some 31,000 people, of whom some 8,000 are children, are now living in IPAS accommodation. There have been compliance issues. The Minister is working to deal with those. Where compliance issues emerge, he is working on a programme of reducing the numbers of those who are not compliant by moving them from that accommodation and into a more-----

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