Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 30 May 2023
Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth
Integration and Refugee Issues: Discussion (Resumed)
Mr. Doncha O'Sullivan:
That is a good question. At the appeal stage, it works a little differently in the sense that most of the decision-making work is done by people who are members of IPAT. Most of them work part-time. They are experienced barristers and solicitors. They drive the actual decisions. They need a lot of support from permanent civil servants. We are hiring more of the panel members. We have sanction to hire 60, I think, and we have more to hire again. That is how we will step up the processing at that stage.
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