Trevor Ó Clochartaigh (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank the witnesses for their presentation. Some things based on our recommendations in the report should be clarified and put on the record. My understanding from the presentation is that the Department is purely the administrator of the weekly allowance and that any increase in the weekly allowance is an issue for the Reception and Integration Agency and the Department of Justice and Equality. Therefore, the increases mooted by the working group would have to be granted by the Department of Justice and Equality in the first place before they could be administered by the Department of Social Protection. Is that correct?