Peter Fitzpatrick (Louth, Independent) | Oireachtas source

We are able to look after 3,900 applicants at present. There are approximately 3,600 each year. What lessons have we learned in recent years? Are these 3,600 applicants new? Are we starting with applicants from day one? What is happening? I will be honest. I would not fancy being stuck in a confined space for such a long period. What is the system at the moment? Have we learned anything? Have many of these people been in direct provision for five or six years? They want the right to work and do everything else. Have we learned anything? Have more people been employed to process applications? The figure of 3,900 seems large. They have got something right. What have we learned to get the process going at this stage?