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Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 13 - Development of ICT Systems by the Department of Justice and Equality
Vote 24: Justice and Equality
(26 Apr 2018)

David Cullinane: So the demand -----

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 13 - Development of ICT Systems by the Department of Justice and Equality
Vote 24: Justice and Equality
(26 Apr 2018)

David Cullinane: So it is about demand, and it might be easier and quicker to outsource it in order to get a centre up and running.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 13 - Development of ICT Systems by the Department of Justice and Equality
Vote 24: Justice and Equality
(26 Apr 2018)

David Cullinane: Is there a service level agreement between the Department and these 28 centres?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 13 - Development of ICT Systems by the Department of Justice and Equality
Vote 24: Justice and Equality
(26 Apr 2018)

David Cullinane: What do these service level agreements -----

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 13 - Development of ICT Systems by the Department of Justice and Equality
Vote 24: Justice and Equality
(26 Apr 2018)

David Cullinane: I will give Ms McPhillips some of my experience of these centres, which I have raised with one of her predecessors -----

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 13 - Development of ICT Systems by the Department of Justice and Equality
Vote 24: Justice and Equality
(26 Apr 2018)

David Cullinane: ---- and I might raise it again in order to familiarise Ms Phillips with it. I have never been barred from anything in my life but I was barred from a reception centre in Waterford.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 13 - Development of ICT Systems by the Department of Justice and Equality
Vote 24: Justice and Equality
(26 Apr 2018)

David Cullinane: I will recall it again because it is still a sore point for me and the people I represent who asked me to go to that centre. I was asked to come in my capacity as a councillor by residents of the centre who had established a residents' association. I arrived at the time they had asked me and the centre manager told me that because I had not been given her permission, I was not allowed to be...

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 13 - Development of ICT Systems by the Department of Justice and Equality
Vote 24: Justice and Equality
(26 Apr 2018)

David Cullinane: They are commercial premises that house people -----

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 13 - Development of ICT Systems by the Department of Justice and Equality
Vote 24: Justice and Equality
(26 Apr 2018)

David Cullinane: ----- and that get taxpayers' money. There are real concerns that in years to come we will look back at how people living in direct provision centres may have been treated. I do not think the State will emerge smelling of roses.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 13 - Development of ICT Systems by the Department of Justice and Equality
Vote 24: Justice and Equality
(26 Apr 2018)

David Cullinane: Sorry, I am not finished. There should be something in the service level agreement that if the people who live in those centres want to interact with the democratically-elected people in the areas where they live, they should be able to do so.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 13 - Development of ICT Systems by the Department of Justice and Equality
Vote 24: Justice and Equality
(26 Apr 2018)

David Cullinane: If Ms Phillips does not disagree then it is a matter that can be addressed because it is not in the service level agreement. Second, at the time of the local election I posted correspondence addressed to each individual resident, all of which was binned. That was confirmed to me. Perhaps Mr. Dowling can answer how someone can post something to someone who lives in one of these reception...

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 13 - Development of ICT Systems by the Department of Justice and Equality
Vote 24: Justice and Equality
(26 Apr 2018)

David Cullinane: My frustration is not with Ms McPhillips or Mr. Dowling, by the way.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 13 - Development of ICT Systems by the Department of Justice and Equality
Vote 24: Justice and Equality
(26 Apr 2018)

David Cullinane: I want to make one last point. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien said that we have more refugees coming into the system because thankfully we are taking in some of the Syrian refugees. The asylum process can be very slow. Is it the case that that is increasing the cost for direct provision and that if we put more resources into fast-tracking the applications, that would reduce the cost? If we are...

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 13 - Development of ICT Systems by the Department of Justice and Equality
Vote 24: Justice and Equality
(26 Apr 2018)

David Cullinane: I will not get back to the meeting, so I want to reiterate that none of the questions that we put are personal to Mr. Dowling or Ms McPhillips. I want to wish Ms McPhillips well in whatever she does.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Negotiations (26 Apr 2018)

David Cullinane: 54. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the commitment in paragraph 52 of the EU-UK phase 1 agreement refers to all EU rights and opportunities normally associated with residency in a member state including the right to vote and stand in EU elections. [18353/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Negotiations (26 Apr 2018)

David Cullinane: 55. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the rights that will be included in the commitment in paragraph 52 of the EU-UK phase 1 agreement. [18354/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Negotiations (26 Apr 2018)

David Cullinane: 56. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress to date for the arrangements required to give effect to the commitment in paragraph 52 of the EU-UK phase 1 agreement. [18355/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Negotiations (26 Apr 2018)

David Cullinane: 57. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the commitment in paragraph 52 of the EU-UK phase 1 agreement will extend to both Irish and British nationals born in Northern Ireland. [18356/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Negotiations (26 Apr 2018)

David Cullinane: 58. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to ensure equivalency of rights as per the Good Friday Agreement for both Irish and British nationals born in Northern Ireland when paragraph 52 of the EU-UK phase 1 agreement is enacted to avoid a violation of the Good Friday Agreement. [18357/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Common Travel Area (26 Apr 2018)

David Cullinane: 59. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the work carried out to date with regard to the common travel area post Brexit (details supplied). [18358/18]

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