Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)

I do not have that information but I will furnish it to the Deputy if he wants it. A study of the numbers involved will show that the average number of persons which the Reception and Integration Agency catered for in the past three years was 6,784 persons in 2005; 5,036 persons in 2006; 6,122 persons in 2007. The courts are independent in the operation of their functions. In our consideration of the immigration legislation in select committee, we can examine how the large volume of judicial reviews in this area can be reduced.

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