Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 25 May 2023

Public Accounts Committee

Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice

9:30 am

Photo of Paul McAuliffePaul McAuliffe (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank our guests. I have many questions to ask, which is always an indication of the wide range of work that a Department carries out. To follow on from the point Deputy Dillon was probing, our guests indicated that Dublin Airport was the principal point at which international protection is requested. Do our guests have a percentage of cases where international protection was requested other than at ports? We obviously have ports and airports. We have the shores of the island and we also have the jurisdictional border on the island. All of those are points of entry to the State. What percentage of people claim international protection at ports or airports and what percentage claim it elsewhere?

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