Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 5 November 2015

Public Accounts Committee

Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
Vote 21: Prisons
Vote 24: Department of Justice and Equality
Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin

10:00 am

Mr. Noel Waters:

For example, if somebody applies for asylum and they claim under the grounds that they are being oppressed because of their religion in their home country and that is found not to be the case, they then make their appeal and it is also found not to be the case, and they then, under subsidiary protection, go on to make an application on the basis that they have a fear of returning to their country-----