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- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
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Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Paul McAuliffe: So it is done within the airport-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
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Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Paul McAuliffe: One would imagine that if somebody was deliberately destroying their passport with the intention of claiming asylum under a new application name or for whatever reason, that is the next step. They will claim asylum. Of the 5,800 who were refused leave to land, how many went on to claim asylum?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
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Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Paul McAuliffe: The vast majority, then.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
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Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Paul McAuliffe: There is a belief among the public that if a person has a travel document to get on and off a plane, a question arises as to how he or she can present without that document. I am trying to tease that out. Of the 5,800, 4,700 went on to claim asylum. Once people claim asylum, my understanding is that they are fingerprinted, photographed and their details are referenced against-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
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Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Paul McAuliffe: Exactly. Does it matter then if such persons destroy their passports? If a person is fleeing as a result of crime they committed somewhere in the world, arrives here in Dublin, destroys their passport and claims asylum; they will be fingerprinted and that will be referenced against Eurodac.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
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Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Paul McAuliffe: So the false identity was for the purposes of transit from one airport to another. That is interesting. Of the individuals referenced against Eurodac, how many referrals come back with details of significant criminal convictions?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
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Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Paul McAuliffe: Have sought asylum elsewhere.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
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Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Paul McAuliffe: I am interested in cases where, during the asylum process, it is identified that someone has either committed a crime or has somehow escaped a jurisdiction to try to evade justice. Are the numbers in that regard small?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
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Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Paul McAuliffe: Does Ms McPhillips know what they might be?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
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Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Paul McAuliffe: That is my next question. If someone has presented false documents and has a conviction or is the subject of an open warrant, they can be refused. I just wanted to parse that out, because this is one of the biggest concerns.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
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Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Paul McAuliffe: It is well known that if somebody is seeking asylum, they are less likely to commit a crime because they will be brought to the attention of the police. If I was making an application for asylum, I would be the most law-abiding citizen I could be because I would not want to attract the attention of the police. There is a question regarding the airlines. Regardless of whether someone...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
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Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Paul McAuliffe: I may come back to that in a later round of questions. On the previous occasion our guests were before the committee, I pushed very heavily on the roll-out of the north inner city drug and alcohol task force. I welcome the announcement this week that John Costello is going to chair the implementation board in Ballymun. The witnesses will know that my next question is going to be about...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
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Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Paul McAuliffe: Does Ms McPhillips believe that there are sufficient financial resources available to roll that out?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
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Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Paul McAuliffe: Apologies. I have one final thing I wish to mention. I acknowledge the work of Ben Ryan, as well as that of Elizabeth Canavan and Barry Vaughan. All of them pushed very hard on this matter and I want to thank-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
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Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Paul McAuliffe: -----them for the work that they did. Sometimes we give witnesses a great deal of criticism. It is important to give them the compliments when they are due.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
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Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Paul McAuliffe: In the context of catching criminals who are trying to use Ireland as some sort of refuge, they can be caught as a result of their fingerprints as opposed to the travel documents they have destroyed.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
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Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Paul McAuliffe: I am not doing so; I am only saying that in the case of - I will put my comments in context - the people to whom I refer. I am trying to debunk some of the concerns regarding a person who committed a crime and is being sought by the police in another country and who destroys his or her passport on arrival here. When that person presents, he or she will be fingerprinted and his or her...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2024)
Paul McAuliffe: I wonder if we can ask the clerk to the committee to circulate confirmation of attendance for next week's meeting on 22 February. It is merely to confirm which bodies have accepted our invitation.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2024)
Paul McAuliffe: Excellent. That is great. I thank the Chair.
- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Television Licence Fee (15 Feb 2024)
Paul McAuliffe: 28. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an update on the plans to reform the licence fee and future funding of RTÉ. [7025/24]