Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I cannot predict that; I do not think it is possible to predict that. We obviously have prediction figures for this year based on the current system without any further changes taking place. For example, where we have allocated safe countries, the number of people coming from those safe countries has dropped significantly. As we apply much more efficient procedures and quicker processing, the response will be that there will be fewer people coming from those countries but it is very difficult to predict what the overall numbers will be. It changes and no country would be able to predict what those numbers might be.