Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 25 November 2021
Committee on Public Petitions
Direct Provision Policy and Related Matters: Discussion (Resumed)
Cormac Devlin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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Yes. I thank Ms Buckley for that. In her opening remarks, she mentioned the outcome of the review.
There will be another review of all the changes that have been made and a decision will be made around the end of 2022 on that, on whether additional resources and measures are needed, and on any significant issues around legacy cases. I hope we will engage before then, but if not, I suggest that, once the review has concluded and there is a report, we have an engagement on the review process. I am interested in the iteration of the website, the improvement and the functionality of it and the internal information and communications technology, ICT, processes the witnesses spoke about, as well as other improvements and measures taken in the witnesses' office, which I commend. It would be good for the committee to keep on this issue and engage with the witnesses on it in late 2022 or just after that. I thank the witnesses for their attendance.