Department of Justice misled PAC on asylum seekers – TD

Department told the Dáil public accounts committee in October that Tusla was responsible for age verification of unaccompanied minor asylum seekers — but in a letter to the committee last week, the department said it is the International Protection Office

Officials from the Department of Justice attended the Dáil public accounts committee in October. File picture

The Department of Justice has been accused of misleading the Dáil public accounts committee (PAC) on the issue of which agency is responsible for verifying the ages of unaccompanied asylum seekers.

Fine Gael TD James Geoghegan has criticised the department over its disclosures to the PAC in October, saying it “chose not to say” the correct agency.