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:

They are not under arrest in the context in which someone would normally be under arrest, but they are detained pending their leaving the country because they do not have papers.