Marc Ó Cathasaigh (Waterford, Green Party)
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I have digressed a bit, which is my own fault. I wish to return to the international protection issue. We have seen significant numbers of extra staff coming in. I feel strongly, probably in common with many other people, that if somebody arrives here and makes an international protection and asylum application, that should be processed as quickly as possible, whatever the answer will be at the end of the process. In my teaching career, I was dealing with parents and children who had been waiting for seven or eight years for a decision. That is just inhumane. We are not living up to our international duties. What is the average turnaround time now? Is it coming down? What is the trajectory?