Denis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fine Gael)

I accept what the Minister says about human error and I have no doubt there was human error involved in the original decision. However, I am unable to understand that for three years, correspondence and communication went into that section of the Department and no one realised that the decision had already been made. This defies logic and it is not the result of human error.

If staff numbers have been doubled, does that mean that four staff members have been removed from another section within the asylum system? Can the Minister offer a categorical assurance that someone else is not rotting in a refugee camp in some part of the world who has been granted status in this country while this information has not been communicated to them?

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