Mr. David Costello:

We will be getting additional staff from the Department. In any event, I have also been recruiting additional barristers and solicitors on a contract for services basis. There are already 20 of them working with me and 15 more were trained in by the UNHCR two weeks ago. A further 15 are being trained in next week. Allowing for the fact that I have responsibility for my existing case load, which has to be dealt with also, I am reasonably happy that I will be able to process the cases expeditiously. We expect, having regard to the nature of the countries they are from, that most will be given refugee status subject to a clear determination under the law.