Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

-----and every country has its systems. We work within the broad European system. We are a country that believes in a multilateral, rules-based system. When people arrive under international protection they apply for asylum. That is then adjudicated upon. Lots of resources have been allocated to speed up the arbitration and decision-making of that.

If people's applications are refused, they can be deported.

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