Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 25 May 2023
Public Accounts Committee
Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice
9:30 am
Ms Oonagh McPhillips:
Looking at the volume of immigration decisions made, it should be remembered that people have the right to exercise their legal rights in that regard. We try to concentrate on the quality of the decision making. We give people a lot of training. We take advice from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR, which also participates in the training. The nature of the decisions is such that they have a very great impact on people's lives so people do challenge them because they-----