Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 21 June 2018

Public Accounts Committee

2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 14 - Control of Ireland's Bilateral Assistance Programme
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade

9:00 am

Mr. Niall Burgess:

-----where one would think it is dangerous. In the last few years, Irish citizens have been killed in a terrorist attack in Tunisia. Citizens have been injured in several terrorist attacks and citizens were involved in terrorist incidents in the European Union. The scale and complexity of this aspect of our work is growing rapidly. The numbers are increasing.

The numbers are increasing also because we are becoming aware of more cases. We are recording more cases, and as we go out and get the message out, people are coming to our embassies. In terms of our online services, we have an online app, which we encourage people travelling abroad to download onto their phones, which gives them travel advice for the countries they are going to.

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