Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 11 July 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Immigrant Investor Programme and International Protection Applications: Discussion

9:00 am

Mr. Michael Kirrane:

I am aware of only a very small number that have been discontinued. We do a review after two years. There was an increase in the number of cases in the second half of 2016. Therefore, they are only now reaching the two-year review stage. The number of cases that have been in the system for the period of time required to be subject to review is only now beginning to increase. We are only getting to that point at this stage.