Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú) | Oireachtas source

Two Departments seem to be under significant pressure at the moment, namely, the Departments of Justice and Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. They are under strain with the current issue of the migrant numbers coming into the country. There was an important story in yesterday's edition of the Irish Daily Mail in regard to two asylum seekers who were successful in court in arguing that they should not be returned to Britain on the grounds that Britain would send them to Rwanda. One of these asylum seekers had a conviction for sexual offences in Britain six years ago. The International Protection Office was informed of it but the applicant was never told to register as a sex offender here. Why a criminal would have to register for a crime himself is unknown. The Garda should be involved in that in my view. However, he was never placed on the sex offenders register because the Department of Justice, although being aware of it, never informed him. Is this due to incompetence within the Department of Justice? Does the Department of Justice have a sufficient budget to ensure it makes such serious decisions and informs the public of these serious issues?

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