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

10:50 am

Mr. Brian Purcell:

Yes. The asylum element, although it is a significant part of the process and very intensive in terms of the work involved for the State, the people concerned and the agencies who help them, is only a part of the process. I will raise this matter in discussions with the officials in INIS to determine whether there is any way in which we could come up with a set of targets that would be meaningful, particularly with an eye to the enactment of the immigration Bill. We will consider this.