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Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Brian Stanley: Is that done on an ongoing basis?
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Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Brian Stanley: There is co-operation with the European Commission and a European assessment is done. I see that some information has been given by the Department in terms of how that is done.
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Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Brian Stanley: With regard to countries that are deemed safe or unsafe, there are huge regional variations.
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Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Brian Stanley: In Ukraine, for example, there are huge regional variations. There are some people still travelling there. I am told some parts of Nigeria are very safe. I have never been there. Some parts of Nigeria are pretty unsafe. What thought has been given to examining in more detail the regions in countries that people do not know about? Ireland at one stage was not safe. The Six Counties were...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
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Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Brian Stanley: Is Ireland one of them?
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Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Brian Stanley: Some European states are looking at it.
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Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Brian Stanley: For those countries that are deemed to be safe now, there is an accelerated process. In answer to a previous question, I think Mr. O'Sullivan said they are being processed in three months.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
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Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Brian Stanley: That is good because, obviously, the system is chockablock. There are 900 people at the moment for whom we do not have accommodation. We want to be able to accommodate those people who are coming from war torn areas or fleeing persecution. Obviously, however, if the system is not fine-tuned, streamlined, efficient and enforced, that will not happen and we will wind up with a glut in the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
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Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Brian Stanley: I know, but the Department gives advice to the Minister. Am I correct in saying that?
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Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Brian Stanley: That is all right. I can understand that. At official level, however, the Department is obviously in contact with officials in other European countries about all this and it is part of a giant effort in Europe.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
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Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Brian Stanley: Okay. If we look at the 2022 figures, decisions were made on 4,496 people and 1,283 were granted status within the year, I take it. Some 69 people were granted subsidiary protection, 2,081 were granted permission to remain, 94 were deemed inadmissible and 869 were refused. Were those 869 deported?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
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Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Brian Stanley: I will put the question another way. Does the figure of those who were deported and the numbers that can be verified who left voluntarily match up? Do they give 869?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
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Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Brian Stanley: What percentage does it give?
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Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Brian Stanley: Is it 10% or 40%?
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Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Brian Stanley: -----is what is being done to assess other countries from where there may be a significant number of people coming that maybe there is a question mark over? I will preface that by saying-----
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Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Brian Stanley: Of course it does. That is why I am asking Ms McPhillips.
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Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Brian Stanley: What percentage can Mr. O'Sullivan verify? What percentage of that 869 were refused? I am asking a very specific question in this regard. Certain people left voluntarily. Mr. O'Sullivan explained earlier that there is a voluntary scheme they can go under and that it can be enforced. What percentage of the 869 can be verified? We can take that year or any year. Generally, what is the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
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Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Brian Stanley: Would the 2% have returned immediately?
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Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Brian Stanley: Some people working in the Department of Social Protection have told me that, with regard to that 30%, which is a very high figure, a lot of information is shared on social media networks. Has there been a falloff from that 30% since the announcement that social welfare rates are being cut from €238 to €38.80 per week?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
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Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Brian Stanley: Mr. O'Sullivan might say those figures again.