Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 15 February 2024
Public Accounts Committee
Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons
9:30 am
Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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Obviously, there was a significant investment in staffing in the international protection area. It is self-evident that there is an increase in the processing times. There is going to be an investment in a major modernisation programme across the entire immigration function. Is that going to be exclusively for the Department of Justice or is it going to integrate with the Department of Social Protection? What will that process look like, what is the timeline and is it funded?