We should bear in mind that in 999 out of 1000 cases, a refugee has the option of going anywhere else, but if he or she chooses to come to Ireland – a country that invests a huge amount of resources into giving asylum seekers fair play, makes direct provision for them while their cases are being considered and looks after them and their dependants during that period – the least he or she could do is co-operate with the system in this one way. He or she is free to either provide notification in advance that he or she will not attend the hearing, for a good reason, or, within a couple of days of the scheduled date, notify the commissioner that his or her non-appearance was for a bona fide reason and that the commissioner was not being made a fool of in terms of arranging this legal panoply to no purpose.