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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fuel Laundering (8 Dec 2020)

Imelda Munster: 184. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce laundered diesel testing as a core component of the national car test and commercial vehicle road tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41376/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Policy (8 Dec 2020)

Imelda Munster: 258. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if Fáilte Ireland has established destination recovery task forces for counties Louth and Meath; and if she will provide information regarding the remit, role and strategy and other relevant information on the task forces. [41868/20]

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020)

Imelda Munster: The briefing notes the number of people in direct provision accommodation. Is it correct that the annual cost per individual works out at approximately €15,000?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020)

Imelda Munster: Does Ms McPhillips have any idea of the cost per person per year?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020)

Imelda Munster: I want to find out how much of that figure was spent on accommodation, how much was spent on catering and where the remainder goes. Could we get those figures first?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020)

Imelda Munster: When it comes to tenders, is there an amount the Department pays per person in each tender?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020)

Imelda Munster: Could we get an example of those to have a rough idea?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020)

Imelda Munster: Vice Chairman, I would have hoped we would have had access to those figures.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020)

Imelda Munster: Is that figure inclusive of accommodation and catering needs?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020)

Imelda Munster: In light of the widely reported deficiencies in direct provision, does the Department engage with the management of each centre? Given the reports of drastic failings in some direct provision centres, how does it gauge whether standards are met? What supervision is in place in terms of public money being spent? How does the Department know that standards are kept up? What is its procedure...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020)

Imelda Munster: What procedures follow on from an inspection if a centre is not up to standard? What happens if that is the case? What does the Department implement? Are penalties imposed, for example?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020)

Imelda Munster: It would be helpful for the Department to provide the committee with details of the number of inspections, the results of each inspection, the findings, any follow-up action taken, the procedures that needed to be carried out, the penalties imposed, if any, and the contracts that were cancelled.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020)

Imelda Munster: On serial testing in direct provision centres, this did not commence until September despite the fact that there had been discussions on it since the early summer? Why did it not commence until September?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020)

Imelda Munster: There was no-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020)

Imelda Munster: On the maximum number of people who are not related sharing a room, it is recommended that not more than three people who are unrelated share a room in a direct provision centre. To what extent is that adhered to and can Ms McPhillips provide statistics in that regard?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020)

Imelda Munster: Earlier, we discussed inspections of direct provision centres. Are they carried out on request or are they a standard procedure?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020)

Imelda Munster: In terms of standard procedure, it is two inspections per year?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020)

Imelda Munster: Are they all unannounced or are centres forewarned that an inspection is to take place?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020)

Imelda Munster: My final question relates to people who are refused entry to Ireland or leave to land. The figures are quite scary. Is Ireland the only country in western Europe that imprisons people who are refused entry? Are we the only country in western Europe that has no proper immigration detention centre?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020)

Imelda Munster: Why is that? It causes severe distress for people. It is shameful that we do not have a proper immigration detention facility.