Alex White (Dublin South, Labour) | Oireachtas source

That continues to be the case. If the Deputy is aware of particular instances where this has not happened, we will be happy to examine them. We cannot, hand on heart, offer an absolute guarantee that every such application will be dealt with in an expeditious way, but it certainly should be. It is not clear to me that there has been the type of fundamental change in practice or approach the Deputy describes. As I said, if there are specific cases that have fallen through the cracks in terms of the application process, we would be anxious to address them.

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