Alan Shatter
Question:62 Mr. Shatter asked the Minister for Justice whether the Pilgrim House Community has requested the Government's agreement to permit into Ireland a small group of Somali people with mental handicaps who are victims of the Somali famine; when agreement for these people to enter this country was first sought; whether the Government was informed that the Pilgrim House Community would meet all the costs of transport and care of the people concerned from its own resources; and the reason the Government has to date refused to agree to the admittance into Ireland of the group concerned. [1620/96]