Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 5 November 2015
Public Accounts Committee
Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
Vote 21: Prisons
Vote 24: Department of Justice and Equality
Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin
10:00 am
Mr. Noel Waters:
To put some context around this, under the existing system in terms of the first two aspects of the process, people get through it within a medium time of about eight months. When one applies for asylum, one gets a decision. The number of people being granted asylum is on the increase, and is of the order of 12% or 13% of the number of people who apply.
No comments