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

The objective is to achieve that timeline. We have a percentage that we have to reach within that time. We will obviously endeavour to go beyond that figure overall. We will try to deal with anybody who is applying through the border procedure or where the border procedure applies to him or her within that timeframe. There is a way in which our interviews take place. The people who do this every day are able to engage and identify whether a person is genuine, whether people have papers or that they have gone through something and need protection. That is what the system is about. It is about making sure someone has the time to make their case.