It is natural that someone who has just landed in Ireland and made an application for asylum to the immigration officer at the port would not have an address to supply at that time, but the supports to applicants provided through the Reception and Integration Agency mean that within a day or two every applicant will have an address – even if only that of a reception hostel – to provide to the commissioner. Without an address, the commissioner is helpless and there is no point in her staff wasting futile effort in the application. No step can be taken because no notice can be given to the applicant, so this provision means that the application in those circumstances will now be treated as withdrawn. This provision will allow the commissioner to dispose of the growing number of cases of this kind already on hands – in the region of 900 at present, some dating back over two years – without further expenditure of resources.