Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 27 October 2022

Public Accounts Committee

2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Chapter 13 - Guardian Ad Litem Follow-up Report

9:30 am

Mr. Kevin McCarthy:

There is an original Dublin declaration whereby if a person has already sought or has been granted status in another member state, his or her first port of call is the EU member state that has the responsibility and the requirement under the directive to meet that person's needs. While there has been secondary movement of people who have been within the system, part of the approach that was agreed by the Government in July was that we need to adhere more closely to the terms of that directive in regard to who is given-----

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