Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)

I do not have the answer to that. The Deputy should remember that in the context of processing applications the duration people stay in direct provision and the difficulties they experience are not solely the issue of the legislation. An extraordinary number of applications are made by way of judicial review to the High Court when applications are turned down. Then, rather than my Department engaging in a decision making process or those dealing with asylum applications dealing with these cases, the matter falls into the courts. By the time they wind their way from the High Court to the Supreme Court, judicial review applications can add three years on to a process. A range of issues arise. I hope that by ensuring we have more-----

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