Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 21 March 2013
Public Accounts Committee
2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project
11:30 am
Mr. Brian Purcell:
It can be. I am looking at the figures for 2012 when a small number applied for asylum. Some 2,239 persons were refused entry to the State at ports of entry and returned to the place from where they had come. A small number of these persons applied for asylum and were subsequently granted permission to enter the State in order that their applications could be processed. There is a constant number of persons coming into the system who are turned around at the border.