Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 26 April 2018
Public Accounts Committee
2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 13 - Development of ICT Systems by the Department of Justice and Equality
Vote 24: Justice and Equality
9:00 am
Mr. Michael Kirrane:
We have taken more, under relocation, based on the lower figure of 37,000 in total that was available for redistribution across Europe. Under resettlement, we have taken 790 to date. The intention is to take 1,985, under pledges for this year and for next year. We intend to take an additional 530 under the family unification and humanitarian programme, which is an additional programme. All of this is designed to meet our overall allocation of 4,000. We have had to redistribute where we are taking those numbers from with what has happened in Europe but the intention and the commitment of Government is still to take those 4,000.
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