Derek Nolan (Galway West, Labour)
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If a time limit of six months was put on it, it was obviously done for a reason. I am straying into policy issues that we are not really supposed to go into, so I am happy to leave it there.

I have one factual question that I would like to ask. The current system through which most people go is that they apply and are refused. When they appeal, they are normally refused and then they either go for humanitarian leave to remain or many will opt for a judicial review of their cases. At the current rate at which judicial review proceedings are being processed by the High Court for those in the asylum and immigration process, how long will it take for all those cases to be dealt with?