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

Photo of John DeasyJohn Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will tell you where I am coming from. My view is probably shared universally and almost certainly within the Department. There is a refugee crisis in Europe right now and we have finite resources. We have not seen the kinds of pressures that Germany, for example, is experiencing. The city of Berlin is processing 1,000 people per day.

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