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- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
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Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Brian Stanley: Does Ms McPhillips have the figure for January 2023?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
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Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Brian Stanley: What was it in January of this year again?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
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Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Brian Stanley: There is a significant drop-off there. There is a three-year fix as regards temporary protection. People are entitled to access to social welfare, work, healthcare and education. Are there plans afoot? This will run out in March next year. What will happen then? Are moves afoot to end it at that time or will it depend on what is happening in Ukraine? It is only for Ukraine; is that...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
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Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Brian Stanley: That remains the case.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
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Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Brian Stanley: What happens then? Are there plans afoot to end it at that point?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
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Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Brian Stanley: Is Ms McPhillips's Department feeding into that discussion?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
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Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Brian Stanley: What is the Department's view?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
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Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Brian Stanley: I will move on to the issue of safe countries. Again, it is right that people who are fleeing war, persecution, famine and torture are given the opportunity to apply, receive a fair assessment and be treated properly. A lot of members of the public were shocked to learn that only eight countries were deemed as safe countries and now there are ten. Botswana and Algeria have been added in...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
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Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Brian Stanley: Yes, I know that. There are only a few designated.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
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Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Brian Stanley: I understand that. It is only France, Germany and so on. I know that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
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Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Brian Stanley: The specific question I am asking Ms McPhillips-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
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Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Brian Stanley: Is that done on an ongoing basis?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
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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.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
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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.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
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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?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
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Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Brian Stanley: Some European states are looking at it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
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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?