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Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: May I ask a question? There is obviously going to be a larger number of Oireachtas Members elected at the next general election. The census dictates the ratio. Has the OPW been asked to plan for extra facilities? When will that be triggered?

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: They are expected to arise because we know-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Is Ms Morrison confident that there will be office space available immediately after the general election?

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Is the Garda involved in this matter?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I want to ask about Nos. 3 and 4. The amounts are exactly the same, €33.7 million, and relate to the same years. Are they one and the same organisation?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: But are they two separate, audited accounts with exactly the same amount?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: This is unusual, is it not?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I just want to make a point on this. Under the table on the first page it states, "It is important to note that once a referral is made to Tusla, any application for international protection that may have begun is ceased." This is obviously until the age of the individual has been determined. It also notes that "Tusla may conduct reassessment of individuals and consequently, the number of...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Okay.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: These are international protection applicants as opposed to those under temporary protection. They are international protection applicants rather than Ukrainians, if you like.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: They may be only marginally beyond that age. I am not seeing the answer to my question.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I see it there.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: The next lines could be a cause of confusion. The correspondence refers to the number of children of whom Tusla are aware and who were reported missing during the period. There were seven in 2022 and 49 in 2023, and there have been 13 so far in 2024. Of those 69 young people, 37 have returned or have been accounted for, but there is a gap there from 37 to 69, which amounts to 32 missing...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: When they arrive here, young people are sometimes put up in accommodation on their own and are not in a supervised setting. Are those the kinds of locations that children are going missing from?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Are the young people in such accommodation the ones who are going missing? That is the point.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: The relevant figure is 32.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Is there any common denominator in the accommodation from which the children are going missing?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: It is agreed. May I make a comment?