Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 18 April 2024

Public Accounts Committee

2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth

9:30 am

Mr. David Delaney:

It absolutely does. The most recent figures I have heard or read, perhaps from a few months ago, is that the average processing time is 13 or 14 months, but the Deputy would need to clarify that with the Department of Justice. It includes accelerated processing times of approximately two months or so. Those are the first instance decision processing times, but many cases that get a negative decision are-----