Ms Nuala Egan:

The pact itself is a matter of politics and policy. We would not comment in general, but I am conscious of the fact that it seeks to ensure that applicants commence the system and are out the other end within a 12-week timeframe. If it is the case that we are obliged to do that, resources will be necessary. At present, we are stretched in terms of our ability to deal with the international protection system as it is, and it takes much longer. We have no problems with that. Our commitment is to ensuring representation for every applicant who comes our way seeking international protection services. We will do that, but the time being taken at present is considerably longer. As long as we are resourced to deal with a 12-week timeframe, we will work with it.