Victor Boyhan (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I want to raise one issue. It relates to a report on direct provision supports for asylum seekers published by Mr. Justice Bryan McMahon in 2015. In that report he made 173 recommendations. I made contact with Nasc last week. For those who do not know what Nasc is, it is the Irish immigration support group based in Cork. Of course there are different stories depending on who one talks to but, according to Nasc, only 16 specific items of those 173 recommendations have been fully implemented. That is very disappointing. I learned today that Mr. Justice McMahon will be speaking at a special conference here in Dublin in the first week in June, at which he intends to deal with this subject matter specifically. It would be very appropriate for the Minister of State at the Department of Justice and Equality, Deputy Stanton, who I think is the direct line Minister for this area, to come to the House to explain what is happening in respect of these 173 recommendations. That would be fair because everyone one talks to has a different story to tell. The key term in this is verifiable evidence - verifiable evidence as to the delivery of the key recommendations of the now retired Mr. Justice Bryan McMahon.

I leave that request with the Leader. Will he consider arranging a debate or statements on this matter, perhaps in the next two weeks? It would be very helpful. I see on this afternoon's Order of Business that we will have the Minister for Health in the Chamber in respect of the National Rehabilitation Hospital in Dún Laoghaire. We have specific time set aside on the agenda and I thank the Leader for agreeing to that last week.