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

11:40 am

Photo of Eoghan MurphyEoghan Murphy (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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I have seen the value for money report that was done on the alternatives and the increased cost involved. I am asking not just about the accommodation but what they are permitted to do. I believe we were one of only two countries to opt out of a 2003 directive, which meant that asylum seekers are not entitled to work or get education after 12 months, as is the norm in most other European countries.