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
Eoghan Murphy (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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The asylum seeker issue is one that constantly comes to my attention in terms of the length of time persons have to wait for their applications to be processed. By the end of 2012, 60% of residents in the centres had been resident there for more than three years. According to the figures available to me, 272 persons have been waiting more than seven years to have their applications processed. What causes such a delay of seven years?