Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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33. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe for the implementation of the outstanding recommendations of the McMahon report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44279/17]

Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael)
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The Report of the Working Group to Report to Government on Improvements to the Protection Process, including Direct Provision and Supports to Asylum Seekers,also known as the Justice McMahon report, was published in June 2015. Its recommendations have implications for a number of Government Departments and services.

My Department has since published three itemised progress reports on the implementation of its 173 recommendations; the first in June 2016, the second in February of this year and a third and final report in July of this year. All three reports are available to view on my Department's website www.justice.ie.

The final progress report shows that 133 recommendations have been reported as fully implemented and a further 36 are in progress or partially implemented. This represents a 98% full or partial implementation - the remaining few may have been superseded by policy matters in the meantime. The implementation of the recommendations is the responsibility of many Departments and Agencies and my Department collated and published their responses. We have published our final report.

I expect that those recommendations that are partially implemented will continue to be progressed by the relevant Department or agency.