Flanagan should apologise to Dáil
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Minister failed to adequately answer questions in Dáil on Cahersiveen last Wednesday
Labour Justice spokesperson Seán Sherlock said it is not good enough for the Minister for Justice to publish an apology to Kerry people, and that he should now address the Dáil and shut down the failed centre in Cahersiveen.
Deputy Sherlock said:
“The Minister for Justice has taken the extraordinary step of publishing an apology to the people of Kerry in their local newspaper.
“What he has failed to do is fully explain what has happened in Cahersiveen, nor has he apologised to the asylum seekers he was responsible for, and to date he has not fully explained why they were placed in an unfit facility.
“The Minister for Justice should now make an apology to the Dáil and to the refugees he has utterly failed.
“Last week he failed to adequately answer questions in the Dáil last Wednesday when I raised this centre with him and the treatment of residents in Direct Provision.”