Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 4 April 2019

Public Accounts Committee

2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality

9:00 am

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

I understand that. I am looking at a different part of Mr. O'Driscoll's report, on the cost of tribunals, which he has kindly outlined to us. We are now at almost €70 million for the Morris tribunal. There is a long list of them. In that context, we are talking about a tiny amount of money. I will not dwell on it but I would like a note from Mr. O'Driscoll on how long the process takes from when somebody applies. What appeal has been put in place? Is it external to the Department? What external people are on it? We have been through it with Caranua and I would not like people to go through what the applicants to Caranua went through. We should learn.

Mr. O'Driscoll referred to asylum figures in his statement and gave us the up-to-date figure. Does that include the relocation and resettlement applicants? Mr. O'Driscoll has given a total figure of 5,980, with 517 in emergency hotel accommodation. That is a figure of 6,497.

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