Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 11 May 2017

Public Accounts Committee

2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account (Resumed)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Resumed)
Chapter 6 - Procurement and Management of Contracts for Direct Provision (Resumed)

9:00 am

Photo of Catherine ConnollyCatherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I will leave those questions until I read in detail Mr. Barrett's report, which I have only sped-read, and I will come back to the officials. I have a great difficulty in that they only looked at certain issues and alarm bells did not go off and make them say that they should look back and see.

I will move on to direct provision. Direct provision was meant to be a temporary measure when it was brought in. In the executive summary of the report of the retired judge, Mr. Justice McMahon, asylum seekers were to be in direct provision for approximately six months. Is it correct that is what was envisaged?

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