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:

In 2016, we assisted 2,762 Irish citizens. That compares with 1,676 in 2014. Between those two years, there was an increase of 65%. I will get the Deputy the figure for this year, which has gone up significantly on that as well.

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