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- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Verona Murphy: Will Ms McPhillips submit data on the number of appeals taken, the success rate, those that were dismissed and those that were never heard at all for whatever reason, perhaps because they were withdrawn?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Verona Murphy: To go back to something that was said earlier, does Ms McPhillips not think these are extravagant costs?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Verona Murphy: Okay. Regardless, I would consider that they need to be reduced. When compared with what we see from other Departments, they seem quite high.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Verona Murphy: How many of those were then allowed?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Verona Murphy: All right. We will leave it there. There were initiatives the Department followed through on to reduce its legal costs.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Verona Murphy: What were the challenges?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Verona Murphy: I suppose you cannot do much about judicial reviews when it comes to-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Verona Murphy: There were 240 appeals taken. Is that figure for 2022?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Verona Murphy: How many decisions were actually made?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Verona Murphy: If Ms McPhillips could include that figure in her submission to the committee it would help us to develop an understanding.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Verona Murphy: That is grand. Last year, we made some recommendations to the Department. One in particular related to a review it was carrying out with regard to international protection applications and how they are dealt with. It was then taking ten months to deal with an application. Has the process been reviewed? Is the timeframe now better?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Verona Murphy: The Department's customer portal is now online. No, it is not. It is due to come on stream for 2024. Is that right?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Verona Murphy: What proportion of the €18 million that was allocated for-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Verona Murphy: It was allocated to bring the processing of the applications and all of that up to today's standards. How much of that has been spent?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Verona Murphy: The Department will be looking for more money.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Verona Murphy: All right.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Verona Murphy: I assume we will have an update on that next year.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Verona Murphy: Having regard to the clock, the Minister of State, Deputy James Browne, appointed a gambling regulator in September 2022. Some €200,000 was allocated in the budget for 2021 that was never drawn down. Have any moneys been drawn down since?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Verona Murphy: What happened to that money, the €200,000 that was allocated in 2021?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Verona Murphy: Do we know which?