Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 25 November 2021
Committee on Public Petitions
Direct Provision Policy and Related Matters: Discussion (Resumed)
Eugene Murphy (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
Tá dhá cheist bheag agam. I will not hold the witnesses long. This engagement has been helpful and I thank the witnesses for their straight answers. I have been doing some other work here and might have missed something. They may have answered this, and if they have, that is fine. They can just say they have answered it already. First, how many staff have the witnesses working with them? Second, the world is a troubled place at the moment and I often think that, despite our drawbacks, we are lucky in this country. Are there a growing number of countries whose residents are seeking help and support in coming to Ireland? Going back a few years, it was a small list. Has that list grown significantly?
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