Denis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fine Gael)

I thank the Minister for her reply. The sands have shifted on this issue as a result of an appeals officer's decision on four cases, and four more cases are to be decided upon. We have up to 20,000 people in the asylum and the leave to remain systems and if the other four decisions were to go the same way as the first four we could have an avalanche of applications being submitted to the Department through the appeals process. When does the Minister intend to make a decision on the legislation as it stands? It is being reviewed on foot of the previous decisions for the past month and every day that goes by could have implications for the potential cost of this.

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