Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 24 April 2024
Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Chief State Solicitor's Office (Revised)
Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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One of the interesting points the Minister for Justice made yesterday was that more than 80% of the people seeking international protection in Ireland are coming over the Border from the United Kingdom. That presents a very challenging circumstance, because if people arrive into our ports, there are circumstances where we can have some level of control in respect of that. Are there any measures that could be implemented in order that we can assess that? Maybe there are not. Is there an agreement we could enter into with the United Kingdom for the purpose of trying to ensure these applications will be processed in a more efficient way?