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
James Geoghegan (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
I thank the witnesses for staying on and answering the questions. I will go back to Ms McPhillips because I want to clarify a point. Gerry Hone, who is the national director of service and integration in Tusla, when appearing before the justice committee, stated: "Under current legislation, the duty to undertake age assessments rests with the International Protection Office". Unless I am mistaken, in response to an earlier question from a Deputy about age, Ms McPhillips said that is Tusla's job. What is the legal position? Whose responsibility is it to carry out the age assessment?
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