Mr. Michael Kirrane:

The commissioner is already giving up his resources to process those cases quickly and the expectation is that the vast majority who come here will be qualifying because to meet the criteria they must be coming from a country with a recognition rate of greater than 75%. The intention and the expectation is that they will be moved quickly. Therefore, whether there are one or more of the centres will depend on how quickly we get in the people and the number will be spread over two years so they will not all come at a particular point in time. The Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and the local authorities have been represented on the task force and they are the bodies responsible for finding the accommodation around the country. Several of these people have pledged accommodation and they will be followed up by the Red Cross and will be dovetailed with that, with the intention that we expect to hold people in particular centres for only the minimum amount of time necessary.

That is until such time as their refugee status has been determined.