Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 23 October 2025
Public Accounts Committee
Appropriation Accounts 2024
Vote 21 - Prisons
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth - Programme E Expenditure
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 9 - Assessing Cyber Security in the Public Sector
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2024
Chapter 9 - Criminal Justice Operational Hubs
Chapter 10 - Management of International Protection Accommodation Contracts
2:00 am
Ms Oonagh McPhillips:
We have an ongoing process with Tusla, and we have discussed it with that body on several occasions over the last couple of years. It is something we give a lot of attention to, and it is a very difficult call. I recall, during the Ukraine crisis, it is really difficult for a social worker looking at somebody who is 17, 18 or 19 years of age to make the call on what age they are. There are things that flow from that decision, as we have seen as well. Mr. O'Sullivan may wish to go into a little more detail.
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