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. Ruairí de Búrca:
It is a technical term. What that means, in effect, is the first year's costs of somebody who applies for refugee status in any country, including here in Ireland, can be counted against overseas development aid - not indefinite, but the first year's costs. Up to now, we have not counted that.
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