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Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account (Resumed)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Resumed)
Chapter 6 - Procurement and Management of Contracts for Direct Provision (Resumed) (11 May 2017)

Josepha Madigan: -----if they do not speak our native tongue, which is Irish but-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account (Resumed)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Resumed)
Chapter 6 - Procurement and Management of Contracts for Direct Provision (Resumed) (11 May 2017)

Josepha Madigan: I see new a complaints procedure was introduced in 2015. There was supposed to be an appointment of somebody. Was that done? I know there is an ombudsman-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account (Resumed)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Resumed)
Chapter 6 - Procurement and Management of Contracts for Direct Provision (Resumed) (11 May 2017)

Josepha Madigan: Has Mr. Waters seen a notable difference in the volume of complaints since the new system has come in?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account (Resumed)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Resumed)
Chapter 6 - Procurement and Management of Contracts for Direct Provision (Resumed) (11 May 2017)

Josepha Madigan: The Comptroller and Auditor General said there is a low level of complaints.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account (Resumed)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Resumed)
Chapter 6 - Procurement and Management of Contracts for Direct Provision (Resumed) (11 May 2017)

Josepha Madigan: I am not suggesting for a second people are afraid to make a complaint, but one would not want that to be a barrier, that there is a fear there that would prohibit them in any way from making a complaint for fear they might be deported or anything like that. What are the criteria for deportation? I saw a figure of 9% or 7% and-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account (Resumed)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Resumed)
Chapter 6 - Procurement and Management of Contracts for Direct Provision (Resumed) (11 May 2017)

Josepha Madigan: -----some of them were deported after quite a number of years living here.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account (Resumed)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Resumed)
Chapter 6 - Procurement and Management of Contracts for Direct Provision (Resumed) (11 May 2017)

Josepha Madigan: I note the figure that 4,075 people left the State voluntarily but there are no checks on this.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account (Resumed)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Resumed)
Chapter 6 - Procurement and Management of Contracts for Direct Provision (Resumed) (11 May 2017)

Josepha Madigan: It is a bit of an anomaly to be deported voluntarily. How does that actually-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account (Resumed)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Resumed)
Chapter 6 - Procurement and Management of Contracts for Direct Provision (Resumed) (11 May 2017)

Josepha Madigan: It is not really voluntarily.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account (Resumed)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Resumed)
Chapter 6 - Procurement and Management of Contracts for Direct Provision (Resumed) (11 May 2017)

Josepha Madigan: Has the appeals process been expedited in any way over the years? It is easy to appeal and appeal again, and people are entitled to access to justice, but we do not want them unnecessarily delaying and then at the end being deported.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account (Resumed)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Resumed)
Chapter 6 - Procurement and Management of Contracts for Direct Provision (Resumed) (11 May 2017)

Josepha Madigan: Abusing it.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account (Resumed)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Resumed)
Chapter 6 - Procurement and Management of Contracts for Direct Provision (Resumed) (11 May 2017)

Josepha Madigan: Have all of the sections of the Act commenced?

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Records Provision (11 May 2017)

Josepha Madigan: 10. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if choice will exist for those seeking to avail of adoption information and tracing services; if Tusla will be the sole provider; and the extra resources which will be allocated to Tusla to deal with likely increased demand for its services (details supplied). [22172/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (2 May 2017)

Josepha Madigan: 413. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government to outline the plans the Government and local councils have in place to ensure that all car wash sites are licensed to discharge waste and are compliant with all planning regulations in view of the increasing number of unauthorised pop-up car washes. [19955/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Hospital (2 May 2017)

Josepha Madigan: 989. To ask the Minister for Health the availability of IVF, sterilisation and abortion procedures allowed by law in the new National Maternity Hospital; and if this will be affected by the ownership structure of the hospital. [19992/17]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Apr 2017)

Josepha Madigan: Deputy Cullinane referred to strengthening processes. One of the things I am not sure is happening on a regular basis is that when we have institutions or other bodies before us giving evidence, for the want of a better word, and we ask them for information that we follow up on it in order to be thorough. For example, I asked UCC for figures on its allocation for access for disadvantaged...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Apr 2017)

Josepha Madigan: It is important that we do so in order for our work to be fully comprehensive.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Apr 2017)

Josepha Madigan: Did the statement appear in the media?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Apr 2017)

Josepha Madigan: Was it in the national newspapers?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Apr 2017)

Josepha Madigan: That is the same thing. This is departmental. That is my point.