Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 4 April 2019

Public Accounts Committee

2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality

9:00 am

Photo of Catherine ConnollyCatherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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We have 5,980 people in direct accommodation, either commercially-owned or State-owned premises. How many of those are children? Will Mr. O'Driscoll provide a breakdown showing how long they have been there? This has come up repeatedly, including in the McMahon report. I will get to chapter 6 of the Comptroller and Auditor General's report of 2015, which deals with this subject and included recommendations.