James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

On the applications, there has been a challenge in terms of the information that has been provided. We have to examine the information that is provided, and that is part of any process of issuing visas or any type of programme for admission to the country. We do not bring any people to the country under the scheme; we simply issue permissions for people to come here. As already stated, the Department is not simply standing back. It is working proactively with the Afghan community in respect of each of those applications to see how we can get the information required. The State has a process it has to go through before it can issue permissions to people to allow them to come into the country. The integrity of the systems in that regard has to be maintained.

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