Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will give consideration as to whether a review is necessary. I would say the best way to approach that is for me to look at the number and percentage of appeals that were granted. If we have a high rate of appeals being granted, perhaps we should be releasing more. If the percentage of appeals being granted is slim, that would indicate that the Department is getting it generally right.

The budget for the unit was allocated as part of budget 2018 and was in the Appropriations Bill.

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