Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

I would appreciate that because we have a member of the committee who knows the challenges for a Government of inserting timeframes into legislation without the ability to meet them. I will let Dr. Lannon in in a minute. In fact, I would describe it as the height of legislative stupidity. We are doing this because, as I said, a Government made a decision to sign up to a pact to which there is no logic to signing up to. I fear what the consequences of this will be. I do not know if Ms O’Keeffe can provide clarification in this regard. Deputy Ward asked earlier what infringement proceedings we are leaving ourselves wide open to and what the financial implications might be. In terms of those people seeking international protection as well, for whom we are putting in place maximum processing times we will not meet, what recourse will that allow them? Could we have a situation where somebody refused international protection will be able to legally challenge it on the basis that the decision was not made within the legally-set timeframe? Can Ms O'Keeffe answer this question?